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Department Polic O cer Per onal O cer Footage Footage Footage iometric
:DOJfunded Availa le Di cretion Privac Review Retention Mi u e Acce U e
Alameda,CA
Al uquerque
Arlington,TX
Atlanta
Aurora
Au tin
altimore
altimoreCount
atonRouge
o ton
rowardCount
u alo
Charlotte-Mecklen urg
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colorado pring
Colum u
Dalla
Denver
Detroit
FairfaxCount
Fa etteville
Fergu on
FortLauderdale
FortWorth
Fre no
Honolulu
Hou ton
Jack onville
La Vega
Long each
Lo Angele
Lo Angele Count
Loui ville
Memphi
Me a
Miami
Miami-Dade
Milwaukee
Minneapoli
Montgomer Count
Newark
NewJer e
NewOrlean
NewYork
Oakland
OklahomaCit
Omaha
Orlando
Parker,CO
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pitt urgh
Portland
PrinceGeorge' Count
Raleigh
Roche ter
acramento
aintPaul
altLakeCit
anAntonio
an ernardino
anDiego
anFranci co
anJo e
eattle
tamford
t.Loui
u olkCount
Tampa
Tuc on
Tul a
Virginia each
Wa hington,DC
Purpo e
Inthewakeofhigh-pro leincident inFergu on, tatenI land,NorthCharle ton, altimore,andel ewhere,law
enforcementagencie acro thecountr haverapidl adopted od -worncamera fortheiro cer .Oneofthe
main ellingpoint forthe ecamera i theirpotentialtoprovidetran parenc into omepoliceinteraction ,and
tohelpprotectcivilright ,e peciall inheavil policedcommunitie ofcolor.
Methodolog
Whenweinitiall relea edour corecardinNovem er2015,weexaminedthe od -worncamerapolicie from25
localpolicedepartment . incethen,weveexpandedour corecardto75department ,coveringallmajorcit
policedepartment inthecountr thathaveequippedorwill oonequiptheiro cer with od camera .We
al oaddeddepartment thathavereceivedmorethan$500,000inDOJgrantfundingto upporttheircamera
program (a indicated onthe corecard).Inaddition,weincluded atonRouge(LA)andFergu on(MO)
ecau eofthenationalattentionthe havereceivedafterrecentevent ,andParker(CO) ecau eofthepromi ing
policie the haveadopted.
valuationCriteria
Weevaluatedeachdepartmentpolic oneightcriteria,derivedfromourCivilRight Principle on od Worn
Camera .We elievethatthe eareamongthemo timportantfactor indeterminingwhethertheproperpolic
afeguard areinplacetoprotectthecivilright ofrecordedindividual .
Oureightcriteriaexaminewhetheradepartment:
Thedepartmentpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit polic onit we ite,inalocation
thati ea formem er ofthepu licto nd.
Thepolic po tedonthedepartment we iteeitheri outdated,ori di cultformem er ofthepu licto
nd.
Thedepartment' polic i notavaila leonit we ite.
Thepolic peci call protect categorie ofvulnera leindividual (e.g.,victim of excrime )from eing
recordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.
Thepolic mention theimportanceofper onalprivac , uteithero er vagueguidanceonwhennotto
record,ordoe notrequireinformedcon entfromvulnera leindividual .
Thepolic doe notaddre per onalprivac concern .
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Finding
Department aremovingquickl todeplo od -worncamera ,andareexperimentingwithawiderangeofpolicie
acro eachofthedimen ion weexamined.Department thathavea trongpolic inoneareaoftenfalterin
anotherever departmentha roomtoimprove.Atthe ametime,weareplea edto ndexample of trong
polic languagecurrentl inu efornearl allofourcriteria.Thepo itivepolic languagehighlightedonthi ite
hould ervea amodeltodepartment lookingtoimprovetheirpolicie .
Wefoundthat:
A ofNovem er2017,ofthe69majorcit department intheU. .,62nowhave od worncameraprogram
withpolicie inplace.Threeoftho emajordepartment appeartohavecamera ontheground, uthavenot
relea edtheirpolicie tothepu lic u alo, u olkCount ,Tul a.
Thedepartmentpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit polic onit we ite,ina
locationthati ea formem er ofthepu licto nd.
Thepolic peci call protect categorie ofvulnera leindividual (e.g.,victim of excrime )from eing
recordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.
PhiladelphiaPDrequire o cer toturno theircamera uponthereque tofacrimevictim,and
incertain en itivelocation andcircum tance .(4- ,4-C,7-F)
4- ....[O] cer halldeactivatea od -WornCamerapriortotheconclu ionofanincident
oreventunderthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle priorcon enti providedand
recordedwiththe od -WornCamera,
2.Whenreque ted acrimevictim,witne orinformant,whoreque tnotto e
recorded,o cer hall:
a. alancethevalueofo tainingarecordingwiththereluctanceofavictim,witne
orinformanttoprovideinformationwhile eingrecorded.
.O cer houldu edi cretioninmakingthedeci ion.
3.Whentherecordingwouldcapturegrue omeimage ,per on nudethatarenot
involvedincriminalactivit orwhenprivatearea ofthehuman od areexpo edand
therei nolegitimatelawenforcementneedtocapturetheimage .
4.Whenenteringareligiou in titution,during ervice .
5.Whenenteringaho pitalroomorprivatepatientareainaho pital.
4-C.PROHI IT DR CORDINGANDACTION
1. od -WornCamera hallnot eu edoractivatedto:
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.Inplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t (i.e.,lockerroom ,
dre ingroom orre troom ).
c.Recordconver ation withcon dentialinformant andundercovero cer .
d.Duringan trip earche ....
2.O cer hallnotleadaper onto elievethe WCha eendeactivatedwheninfact,
the WCi leftactive.
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7-F.Priortoenteringthere idenceofan individual,unle priorcon enti providedand
recordedwiththe od -WornCamera,the od -WornCamera hall edeactivated.
1.Oncein ideare idence,ifpractical,o cer hallreque tpermi iontorecord.If
permi ioni granted,the od -WornCamera hall eactivatedandthere identwill
again ea kedforcon enttorecord.
2.Ifatan timeare identre cind con enttorecordwhileinare idence,o cer hall
immediatel ora oona practical,deactivatethe od -WornCamera.
3.O cer hall tatethatthe werereque tedtodeactivatethecamera.
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Al uquerquePoliceDepartment
6.Thi polic i intendedtoachievearea ona le alance etweenthe ene t ofu ingO RDdevice andanindividual rea ona le
expectationofprivac .Althoughthi polic identi e tho e ituation inwhichactivationoftheO RDi mandator ,Department
per onnelhavedi cretiontomanuall activatethedevicean timeano cer elieve itwould eappropriateorvalua letodocumentan
incident.Inexerci ingthi di cretion,per onnel hould eawareof,and en itivetoanindividual rea ona leprivac expectation .The
O RDma onl eactivatedforlegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e .
7.O cer houldnotrecordinlocation whereindividual ma havearea ona leexpectationofprivac , ucha inprivatere idence ,
re troom ,lockerroom ,ho pital ,orinthepre enceofmedicalper onnel.However,Departmentper onnelwillrecordinthe elocation
iftheencounteri u jecttomandator recordinga etforth eloworifthetotalit oftheincidentlead Departmentper onnelto elieve
thatrecordingi appropriate.
Thepolic allow individual toreque tthato cer toprecording, utgive o cer di cretiontocontinueifthe
deemitnece ar .(2-8-5. .11)
11.Individual ma reque tthatano cer toprecordingthem.Departmentper onnel hallnot toprecordinginre pon etoanindividual
reque tiftherecordingi required thi polic oriftheDepartmentper onneldeemthatcontinuedrecordingi nece ar .Ifthe
recordingi notmandator ,theDepartmentper onnelma evaluatethe ituationand,whenappropriate,ma honortheindividual
reque t.
Thepolic doe not peci call protectcategorie ofvulnera leindividual (e.g.,victim of excrime )from eing
recordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.
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2.Departmentper onnelma reviewtheirownO RDrecording toa i tqualit andaccurac intheirreport andforinve tigator
interview .For peci cprocedure involvingano cer-involved hooting, eetheguideline in OP7-3ForceInve tigationTeam(FIT).
Inu e-of-forceincident ,thepolic refer toadi erent ectionofthedepartment generalorder ;thi ection
al odoe notappeartore trictinvolvedo cer fromviewingfootagepriortowritingreport ormaking
tatement .
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d.Ifrecordingcontain evidentiar content,onl theportionthatmeet Paragraph (9) hall eredactedofaudio,video,or oth the
lieutenantorequivalent.Adetailedde cription tatingtherea onforedit hall enotedinthe temforeach egmentoftherecording
thati redacted.Redaction willautomaticall ere ectedintheaudittrail.
O cer houldinformindividual thatthe are eingrecorded,wheniti afetodo o.Inlocation whereindividual havearea ona le
expectationofprivac , ucha are idence,recording houldnot emadeunle therecordingi eingmadea partofanongoing
inve tigationorpoliceactionre ultingfromacallfor ervice,o en eo erved theo cer,orduringtheexecutionofanarre tor earch
warrant.
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File hould e ecurel toredinaccordancewith taterecord retentionlaw andnolongerthanu efulforpurpo e oftrainingorforu ein
anadmini trativeorcriminalinve tigationorpro ecution.Non-evidentiar videoandaudiorecording will emaintainedfor90da .All
videoandaudiorecording markeda evidence hall emaintainedthroughtheconclu ionofcourtproceeding andincompliancewiththe
evidenceretentionpolic ofthi agenc .Incapitalpuni hmentpro ecution ,recording hall ekeptuntiltheo enderi nolongerunder
controlofacriminalju ticeagenc .
C.3.d.O cer hallnotedit,alter,era e,duplicate,cop , hare,orotherwi edi tri uteinan manner WCrecording withoutpriorapproval
ofthePoliceChieforhi orherDe ignee.
C.4. .Acce ing,cop ing,editingorrelea ingrecording ordepiction ofrecording withoutproperapprovali prohi ited.Thi re triction
doe notappl torecording thatarerelea eda arequirementthroughthePu licInformationActreque tproce ora requiredthrough
theevidentiar haringproce forcriminalinve tigationorpro ecution.
. upervi or willconductrandomaudit of WCfootagetoen urecompliancewithdepartmentalpolic andtraining.
C.6.f.5)Ano ceroran otheremplo eeofthePoliceDepartmentwillnotu etheirpo itiontoo tain,attempttoo tain,orconvertfortheir
per onalu eorfortheunauthorizedu eofanotherper on/entit ,an WCvideoorinformationfromDepartmentvideo le .
C.7.c. upervi or ma havethea ilit tore olvecitizencomplaint reviewingvideocaptured ano cer WC.Intho ecircum tance
whereacomplainti re olvedwithnofurtheractionneeded,the upervi or halldocumenttheirinve tigationand hallincludeacop of
thevideoreviewed.
C.5.a.Pu licInformationActreque t forvideowill ehandledinaccordancewithChapter552oftheTexa GovernmentCodeand
departmentalprocedure .
Atlantamention rea ona leexpectation ofprivac , utthen trangel note thato cer tillma recordin
tho eevent incethe occurinthepre enceofthelawenforcemento cer.However,thepolic doe goonto
prohi itrecording indre ingroom ,lockerroom andre troom ,andtoavoidrecordingexpo edgenital or
other exuall en itivearea .(4.3.1;4.4.1)
Thepolic doe not peci call protectvulnera leindividual orvictim ,orallow u ject toopt-outofrecording
reque t.
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4.5Tamperingwiththe WC
4.5.1The WCandrecording arethepropert oftheAtlantaPoliceDepartment.U eofthe WCforan purpo enota ociatedwithan
emplo ee dutie ,ora peci call pre cri edinthi tandardOperatingProcedure,i trictl prohi ited.(CAL A5thed. tandard
41.3.8(c)
4.5.2 mplo ee are trictl prohi itedfromdi a lingorde tro inga WC.Thi include changingorattemptingtochange etting and/or
permi ionlevel withina WC.
4.5.3 mplo ee hallnotinterfereorintentionall lockthea ilit ofthe WCtorecordanencounter.
4.5.4Theintentionalde tro ingoralteringofan evidentiar recordingproducedfromthe WC an emplo ee hall etreateda a
violationofO.C.G.A16-10-94tamperingwithevidence,O.C.G.A16-10-94interferencewithgovernmentpropert ,APD. OP.2010
Truthfulne ection4.1.3,and u jecttodi ciplinar and/orcriminalpro ecution.
4.10.2The WCComplianceAdmini trator hall ere pon i leforconductingaudit of WCfootage,and hallen ureaccounta ilit and
complianceinaccordancewiththeguideline andprocedure inthi directive.
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4.10.4TheComplianceAdmini trator hallconductarandomauditof WCdataona emi-annual a i andgenerateareportdocumenting
the nding .
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4.11.2TheComplianceAdmini trator hall ere pon i leforconductingaudit of WCfootage,generateareportdocumentingthe nding ,
and hallen ureaccounta ilit andcomplianceinaccordancewiththeguideline andprocedure inthi directive.Thereport hall e
u mittedtotheDeput Chiefof trateg and pecialProject Divi ion( P)forreview.
16.4.3 od -WornCameraOperation
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. od -worncameraactivation:
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Ondut o cer hallactivatethecamera recordingcapa ilitie a oona practicalwhen;
(1)Contactingacitizenorconfrontinganincidentunle uchactivationi notfea i le;
(2)An timetheo cerdetermine thatavideooraudio leneed to ecapturedforevidentiar purpo e ucha a
mem er-involvedcriticalevent;
(3)Whenactivel involvedinapur uit.
Uniformedo dut / econdar emplo mento cer willactivatethecamerawhenthe areincontactwithacitizenregarding
o cial u ine orwhenconfrontinga ituationthatwouldmeritcameraactivation.
Thepolic al ode cri e wheno cer ma turno camera .Wheno cer deactivaterecordingpriortothe
completionofanevent,the mu tju tif itver all oncamera eforedeactivation.(16.4.5)
16.4.5 od -worncamerade-activation
od -worncamerama ede-activatedwhen:
Thecontacti completed.
Anarticula lerea onexi t priortothecompletionofthecontactorincident.Thewearer houldrecordtherea onver all ,ju tprior
tode-activatingtheequipment.
Acitizenreque t thattherecording top.Deactivatingthecamerai atthedi cretionofthemem eroperatingthecamera.Ifthe
mem ercho e [ IC]todeactivatethe od -worncamera,thereque tfromthecitizenmu t erecorded.Ifthecamerai
deactivated,thecamera hould ereactivatedtorecordtheconclu ionofthecitizencontact.
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a edonthenatureoftheMem er-involvedcriticalevent,a upervi ororadetectivea ignedtoMajorCrime Unitoramem erof
theCrimeLa ectionwilltakecu tod ofthe od -worncameraofan mem erinvolvedinacriticalevent.The upervi ororCrime
La ectionmem erwilldownloadallvideocontainedonthe od -worncamera.
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16.4.10Retention, torageandDuplication
od -worncameravideo,otherthante tvideo,i con ideredaCriminalJu ticeRecordandwill eretainedforaminimumof60da .
Theretentionperiodi a eduponthedi po itioncodecategor . upervi or ma markvideoforextendedretention.An video
markedforretentionwill eretainedaccordingtoCrimeLa ection tandardOperatingProcedure .
...De tructionofan recordedmediawill einaccordancewiththeDepartmentretention chedule a edon tatute oflimitationa
outlinedintheCrimeLa ection tandardOperatingProcedure.
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
Thi ectioni notintendedtode cri eever po i le ituationwherethe temma eu ed.In omecircum tance itma notpo i le
tocaptureimage ofanincidentduetocondition orlocationofthecamera,howevertheaudioportioncan evalua leevidenceandi
u jecttothe ameactivationrequirement .The WC houldonl eactivatedforlawenforcementpurpo e .
(a)Allunit re pondingtoa cene hallactivatetheirdepartmenti ued WCequipmentwhenthe :
1.Arriveon- cenetoan callfor ervice;or
2.Havedetainedorarre tedaper on;or
3.Areattemptingtodetainorarre taper on;or
4. thenatureofthecallfor ervice,arelikel todetainorarre taper on;or
5.An con en ualcontactinwhichtheo ceroracitizen elieve activationofthe WCwould einthe e tintere tofthe
communit .
( ) xample ofwhenthedepartmenti ued WC temmu t eactivatedinclude, utarenotlimitedto:
1.Tra c top
2.Footpur uit ,untilcompletionofenforcementaction
3.DWIinve tigation including eld o riet te t
4.Warrant ervice
5.Inve tigator top
6.An contactthat ecome adver arialinanincidentthatwouldnototherwi erequirerecording.
(c)O cer thatarei ueda WCwill erequiredtoutilizethe WCwhenengaginginO -Dut L R Overtime.
(d)Inadditiontotherequired ituation ,emplo ee ma activatethe teman timethe elieveit u ewould eappropriateand/or
valua letodocumentanincident.
303.2.4VictimandWitne tatement
(a)Whenconductinganinve tigation,theo cer hallattempttorecordthecrimevictimorwitne tatementwiththe od worn
camera.Therecordingma evalua leevidencethatcontri ute toorcompliment aninve tigation.Whileevidencecollectioni
important,theDepartmental orecognize iti importantforo cer tomaintaincredi ilit withpeoplewantingto hareinformation
withlawenforcement.Onocca ion,ano cerma encounterareluctantcrimevictimorwitne whodoe notwi htomakea
tatementoncamera.Inthe e ituation ,theo cer houldcontinuetodeveloprapportwiththeindividualwhile alancingtheneed
forevidencecollectionwiththeindividual reque tforprivac .
( ) houldtheo ceru edi cretionandnotrecordthecrimevictimorwitne tatementwiththe od worncamera,theo cer hould
documenttherea onfornotfull recordingthe tatementwiththe od worncamera.Inthe ein tance ,o cer ma tillrecord
withanaudiorecorder.O cer houldworkwithvictim ervice whenpo i leindeterminingwhatt peof tatementwill etaken.
(c)Ifacitizen,otherthanavictimorwitne a de cri edinthi ectionreque t thatano certurno the WC,theo cerwillexplain
thatAPDPolic require thecamerato eactivatedandrecordinguntiltheconclu ionoftheincidentoruntiltherei nofurtherlaw
enforcementactionnece ar .
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Recording ma ereviewed:
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2. anemplo eetoa i twiththewritingofareport, upplement,memorandum,orpriortomakinga tatementa outtheincident.
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mplo ee hallnot:
(a) pa orattempttooverridetheequipment.
( ) ra e,alter,ordeletean recordingproduced the WC.
303.3.3.Copie ofa WCmediarecordingwill eu edforo cialAPD u ine onl .Thi ma includepu licinformationreque t afterthe
recordingha eenreviewed theDepartmentofLegalAdvi orandapprovedforrelea e thedepartment.Copie of WC tem
Recording willnotnormall emadeunle theper onreque tingthecop i authorizedtoviewtherecordinganddoe nototherwi e
haveacce toviewtherecordingu ingthe WC tem.Whenacop i made,iti there pon i ilit oftheper onreceivingthecop to
compl withrecord retentiona outlinedinpolic [ ic].
303.5.a.Recording ma ereviewed:
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3. authorizedper on forthepurpo eofreviewingevidence.
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5. authorizedDepartmentper onnelparticipatinginano cialinve tigation, ucha aper onnelcomplaint,admini trativeinquir ,or
acriminalinve tigation.
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(d) mplo ee hallnoto tain,attempttoo tain,orconvertfortheirper onalu eorfortheunauthorizedu eofanotherper on,
an informationo tained a WC tem.
(e) mplo ee hallnotmakeper onalcopie orattempttouploadrecording to ocialnetworking ite (e.g.,You-Tu e,Face ook).
TheDepartmentwillcompl withallapplica lelaw pertainingtotherelea eof WCrecording .Openrecord reque t will eproce ed
throughthedepartmentcoordinatorincentralrecord .Mediareque t will eproce edthroughthePu licInformationO ce(PIO).
Mandator Recording
Unle un afe,impo i le,orimpracticaltodo o,allmem er (notju ttheprimar unit)pre ent,di patched,orotherwi eparticipatingin
an ofthe elowli tedactivitie mu tactivatetheir WC:
1.Attheinitiationofacallfor erviceorotheractivit thati inve tigativeorenforcementinnature.
1.1.The WCmu t eactivatedimmediatel uponreceiptoforre pon etoan in-progre call,oractivit likel torequireimmediate
enforcementaction(e.g.,inprogre orju toccurredarmedro er ,armedper on,aggravateda ault,narcotic ,gam ling,etc.).
1.2.The WC hall eactivateduponarrivalforroutine,non-emergenc call for ervice(e.g.,larcen fromautoreport,de tructionof
propert report, ignal30,etc.).
2.Duringan encounterthat ecome confrontational.
3.Whenoperatingavehiclein mergenc Re pon eMode(emergenc light and irenactivated)a de nedinPolic 1503,_ mergenc
VehicleOperationandPur uitPolic _.
4.Whenattemptingtoconducta top(tra c top, ic cle top,orper on),the WC hall eactivatedimmediatel upono tainingpro a le
cau eorrea ona le u picionfortheattempted top,orre pondingtoprovide ack-upforanothero cer.
5.Whenpre entonthe cenewithpri oner ,arre tee , u pect oran otherindividual whoare topped police,whetherprimar unitor
not,the WC hall eactivated.
6.Whentran portingadetainee,regardle ifthetran portvehiclei equippedwithaTran portVehicleCamera(TVC) tem.
7.Whenfollowingamedic,towtruck,orothervehiclea partofacontinuationforaninve tigationorcallfor ervice.
8.Whena earchforevidence,orinventor ofavehiclei eingconducted.Thi applie to oththemem er( ) earching,andtho eon
cene.( ee trip earche onpg.6).
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ndingaRecording
Oncerecordingwitha WCha eeninitiated,mem er hallnotendtherecordinguntil:
1.Theeventorencounterha full concluded;or
2.Themem erleave the ceneandanticipate nofurtherinvolvementintheevent...
O cer whofailtoactivatetheircamera orinterrupt orterminate arecordinginprogre arerequiredto
documenttherea onforthefailure.( xception toRecording4,6)
xception toRecording
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4.Amem erwhodoe notactivatethe WCa directed thi u ection halldocumenttherea onthatthe WCwa notactivatedinan
Admini trativeReport,Form95,a oona po i leaftertheincidentconclude ,and u mitthereporttothemem er r t-line
upervi or theendofthemem er tourofdut .Uponreview,the r t-line upervi or hall can/emailtheAdmini trativeReport,Form
95to: WC@ altimorepolice.org.
6.[ ic]Amem erwhointerrupt orterminate a WCrecordinginprogre halldocumenttherea onthatthe WCwa interruptedor
terminatedinanAdmini trativeReport,Form95,a oona po i leaftertheincidentconclude ,and u mitthereporttothemem er
r t-line upervi or theendofthemem er tourofdut .Uponreview,the r t-line upervi or hall can/emailtheAdmini trative
Report,Form95to: WC@ altimorepolice.org.
Polic
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2.Privac Protection. WC mightrecordextremel en itiveandprivatedata.A reachin WCdata ecurit ,carele handlingof WCdata
and/orintentionalrelea eof WCdatatonon-authorizedindividual couldjeopardizerelation hip withvictim ,witne e ,andthe
generalpu lic,a wella u jecttho epeopletoinva ion ofprivac ,endangertheir afet ,and/orjeopardizepro ecution .Accordingl ,
theutmo tcareandcaution hall etakentoen urethatthi datai notmi handledormi u ed.Privatere idence houldnot etreated
di erentl thanotherlocation forpurpo e ofrecording.
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xception toRecording
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2.Whenvictim ,witne e orotherindividual wi htomakea tatementor hareinformationduringavoluntar interactionwithpolice, ut
refu etodo owhile eingrecorded,mem er ma deactivatethe WCinordertoo tainthe tatementorinformation.Iftheencounter
egin whenthe WCi notactivel recording,themem erma , uti notrequiredto,temporaril activatethe WCforthe olepurpo e
ofdocumentingtheper on reque tthe not erecorded.
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ndingaRecording
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2.Deactivationofa WCi permittedwhenavictim,witne ,orotherper onwhowi he tomakea tatementor hareinformationandwho
i freetoterminatetheencounter,reque t oncamerathatthecamera eturnedo .Mem er hallinformindividual inthe ecategorie
attheearlie topportunit thatthe canreque ttodeactivatethe WC.
HealthCareFacilitie :PatientPrivac
1.In ideamedicalfacilit ,mem er hallnotactivatethe WCuntilju tpriortomeetingwiththecomplainant/victimonacallfor erviceor
whenencounteringanon-viewincidentwhichwouldrequire WCactivationunderthi polic .
1.1.Mem er hall eawareofpatient right toprivac wheninho pital etting .Mem er hallnotrecordpatient duringmedicalor
p chologicalevaluation ortreatment .Whenrecordinginho pital andothermedicalfacilitie ,mem er hallavoidrecording
per on otherthantheper onofintere t,orrecordingmedicaldocument .
1.2.However,a inan etting,ifconfrontingaviolentora aultive u pect,orinananticipatedu eofforcein tance,themem er hall
activatethe WCinadvanceoftheencounterora oona rea ona l practica le.
trip earche
1.Whenconductinga trip earch,mem er i ueda WC halladvi etheper on eing earched,whilethe WCi activated,thatthe WC
i recording.Themem er hallthena ktheindividualto e earchedifhe/ hewant the earchto erecordedonthe WC,orifthe
individualwi he the WCto edeactivatedduringthe earchtore pectprivac .
2.Compl withthewi he oftheindividual.
2.1.Iftheindividuala k forthe WCto edeactivated,memorializethi reque tonthe WC,andconductthe earch.
2.2.Oncethe earchofthereque tedareai complete,activatethe WCimmediatel torecordthere toftheencounter.
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ReviewofRecording
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8. WCrecording ofcon titutionall protectedactivit ma not eu edtoidentif per on pre entattheactivit whoarenototherwi e
u pectedof eingengagedinillegalactivit .
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
ReviewofRecording
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5.Wherenototherwi eprohi ited thi polic ,mem er ma view WCdatafromtheirowna ignedcamera,orthecameraofanother
involvedmem ertoa i tincompleteandaccuratereportwritingforroutinematter .Amem ermu tdocumentintheirwrittenreport
whether WCdatafortheincidentwa reviewed.
6.Mem er whoareinvolvedinaLevel3Reporta leu eofforce( eePolic 1115,U eofForce),incu tod death,orarethe u jectofa
criminalinve tigationma notviewtheir WCrecording relatedtotheincidentpriortocompletingand u mittingan requiredreport
and/or einginterviewed theappropriateinve tigativeunitunle :
6.1.Themem eri inreceiptofadeclinationletterfromthepro ecutingauthorit ,orthemem erha eencompelledtomakea
tatementandtheappropriateGarrit warningha eeni ued;and
6.2.Therecordingi viewedatOPRoratalocationapproved anOPRo cial.
Limit RetentionofFootage
ReviewofRecording
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4.Thefollowingmem er canviewand/orcop WCdatauponreque tandapprovalfromthe WCCoordinator:
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4.5.Mem er ofthepu lic,afterapprovalofaproperl u mittedMar landPu licInformationAct(MPIA)reque t.
Mar landPu licInformationAct(MPIA)Reque t
Mem er ofthepu licma reque ttoo tain WCfootage completinga altimorePoliceDepartmentMPIAReque tFormandemailing
ameto:DCU@ altimorepolice.org.Reque t for WCfootage hall egrantedordenied a edupontheMar landPu licInformationAct
(MPIA).
ReviewofRecording
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9. WCdata hallnot:
9.1. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ;
9.2. eu eda ller inphotoarra ;or
9.3. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
XC PTION:Thi u ectiondoe notprohi itthe PDfromu ingarecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofa peci cincident
whena upervi or mem erha rea onto elievethata peci c u pect,witne ,orper oninneedofa i tancewa recorded.
altimoreCount PoliceDepartment
General
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WC hould eactivateda oona po i letoen urea muchoftheincidenta po i lei captured.
Note:Iftherei immediatedangertothemem erorother ,the WC hould eactivatedoncethatimmediatedangerha een
addre edanditha eendeemed afe,practicalandpo i letoactivatethedevice.
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Required WCActivation
Mem er wearinga WCwillactivatethedevicea oona po i leunle iti un afe,impractical,orimpo i le.
Thedevicewill eactivatedinthefollowingcircum tance whetherornotthe areengagedinacallfor ervice:
1. nforcementorinve tigativeactivit (e.g.,tra c top , earche ,pur uit ,arre t , eldinterview , topandfri k ituation ,
etc.).
2.Otheractivitie ofapotentiall confrontationalnature.
3. mergenc vehicleoperation .
4.Cu todialtran port .
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Di cretionar WCU e
Mem er wearinga WChavethedi cretiontoactivatethedeviceduringan legitimatelawenforcementcontactifthemem er
elieve arecordingofanincidentwould eappropriate(e.g.,tran port ofpeopleoftheoppo ite ex,advi ingofMirandaright ,
etc.).
Thepolic require o cer tonotif individual thatthe are eingrecorded.(Pu licNoti cation)
Pu licNoti cation
Mem er hallnotif individual( )the are eingrecordeda oona po i le,unle iti un afe,impractical,orimpo i letodo o.
xception:Unle otherwi eexempted law.
Whennoti cationi dela ed,itwill egivenonceiti afe,practical,andpo i le.
Note:The eprovi ion are ati edevenifanotherindividual ecome apart tothecommunicationaftertheinitialnoticeha een
provided.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Acce toRecording
Mem er haveacce totheirownrecording ,andrecording hared othermem er .
Mem er ma acce recording forthefollowingpurpo e :
1.Reportwritingorpreparationofothero cialdocument .
2.Courtpreparation.
3.Reviewofpro ecutionevidence.
4.Reviewofvictim/witne / u pect tatement .
5.Crime ceneo ervation .
6. tatementofcharge preparation.
7.Clarif ingo ervation atthe ceneofanincident.
Mem er will haretheirrecording withothermem er uponreque ttofurtheraninve tigationorforothero cialpurpo e .
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InternalA air ection(IA )
n ure thatmem er andtheirrepre entative aregiventheopportunit toreviewallrelatedrecording priortoprovidinga
tatementduringanadmini trativeinve tigation.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Categorie andRetention
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TheDepartment categorie andretentionperiod are:
1.Mi cellaneou andNon-Criminal
Retention:18month .
U e:Fieldinterview ,non-criminalcall ,andaccidentalrecording .
2.RoutineTra c
Retention:18month .
U e:Non-jaila leandnon-arre ta letra c.
Protect FootageAgain tTamperingandMi u e
temRecording
Arethepropert oftheDepartment.
Willnot ealteredortamperedwithinan manner.
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Willnot ecopied,reproduced, hared,po ted,downloaded,ordi eminatedinan mannerunle forano ciallawenforcement
purpo e.
Willonl ecopied,reproduced, hared,po ted,downloaded,ordi eminatedinan mannera entano ciallawenforcement
purpo ewhenauthorized theChiefofPoliceortheTC VideoManager.
Willnot edeletedwithoutauthorizationfromtheTC VideoManager.
De nition
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Per onInIntere t-aper onhavingagreaterrightofacce toarecordingthanthegeneralpu lica de ned GP4-101.
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RecordingRedactionandReproduction
Allreque t forproductionofrecording will e enttotheTC VideoManager.
WCrecordingreque t will eful lledandredactedinaccordancewithapplica lelaw .
WCrecording reque ted thepu licwill ecategorizeda :
1.Pu licl Relea a le-Relea edtoan mem erofthepu lic u jecttopu licredactionrequirement .
2.Per onInIntere tRelea a le-Relea a letoaPer oninIntere t u jecttoindividualredactionrequirement .
3.Non-Relea a le-Recording thatcannot erelea edatthetimeofthereque tinaccordancewithlegalrequirement .
Recording ofthefollowingnaturewill eautomaticall categorizeda non-relea a le:
1. u pectedneglect,a u eandorexploitationofavulnera leadultorchild.
2.Covertper onnelandoractivitie .
3.Anongoinginve tigation.
4.Intelligenceinformationor ecurit procedure .
xception torelea eandredaction tandard ma onl eauthorized theChiefofPolice.
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TC VideoManager
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Receive ,review ,andproce e pu licreque t forcopie of WCrecording inaccordancewiththeMar landPu licInformationAct
(MPIA),MD.CodeAnn.Gen.Provi .4-401to601.
timate ,collect ,andproce e fee a ociatedwithreque tful llmentinaccordancewiththeMPIA.
Relea e authorizedandredactedrecording con i tentwiththi polic andapplica lelaw.
end adenialletter,explicitl tatingtherea on,iftherelea eofarecordinginnotauthorized.
temRecording
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Ma not e:
1.U edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot .
2.U eda ller inphotoarra .
3. earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
xception:Recognition oftwarema eu edtoanal zetherecordingofaparticularincidentwhena upervi orha rea onto elieve
thata peci c u pectorper oninneedofa i tancema ethe u jectofaparticularrecording.
o tonPDdoe notmakeit WCpolic availa leonit we ite,pre uma l ecau etheprogrami tillinapilot
tage.However,acop ofthemo trecentpolic wa hared the o tonGlo e(em eddedatthe ottomofthe
article).
WCActivationandIncident ofU e:O cer willactivatethe WConl inconjunctionwitho ciallawenforcementdutie ,where uchu e
i appropriatetotheproperperformanceofdutie ,andwheretherecording arecon i tentwiththi polic andthelaw.Iftherei an
immediatethreattotheo cer lifeor afet ,making WCactivationimpo i leordangerou ,theo cer hallactivatethe WCatthe r t
rea ona leopportunit todo o.The WC hallnot edeactivateduntiltheencounterha full concludedand/ortheo cerleave the
cene( ee ection2.8, WCDeactivation).O cer hallrecordallcontactwithcivilian inthefollowingoccurrence :
1.Vehicle top ;
2.Inve tigativeper on top :con en ual,orarticula lerea ona le u picion top pur uanttoRule323(FIO Report),or top
upported pro a lecau e;
3.Alldi patchedcall for erviceinvolvingcontactwithcivilian ;
4.Initialre pon e patrolo cer ,includingon- itedetention ,inve tigation pur uanttoanarre t,arre t ,andinitial u pect
interview on- cene;
5.Patfri k and earche ofper on incidenttoarre t(ifnotalread activated);
6.K9 earche ;
7.Incident of mergenc Driving(primar and econdar re pondingo cer );
8.Incident ofPur uitDriving(primar and econdar re pondingo cer );
9.Whenano cerrea ona l elieve acrowdcontrolincidentma re ultinunlawfulactivit ;
10.An contactthat ecome adver arial,includingaU eofForceincident,whenthe WChadnot eenactivated;or
11.An otherciviliancontactoro cialdut circum tancethattheo cerrea ona l elieve hould erecordedinordertoenhance
policingtran parenc ,increa epu lictru tandpolice-communit relation ,orpre ervefactualrepre entation ofo cer-civilian
interaction ,providedthatrecordingi con i tentwith ection 2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.7,7.1and7.2ofthi polic .
Thepolic al ode cri e whencamera hould edeactivated.O cer areencouragedtoju tif theirdeci ionto
di continuerecording, utarenotrequiredtodo o.(2.8)
Totheextentpo i le,priortodeactivatinga WC,theo cer hall tatetherea onfordoing o.Generall ,oncethe WCi activated,
recordingwillcontinueuntilorunle theeventha concluded. elowareexample ofwhenanevent hall econ ideredconcluded:
1.Victimand/orwitne contactha concluded;
2.Allper on toppedhave eenrelea edorleftthe ceneoranarre teeha arrivedatthedi trict tationfor ooking.Ifatran porting
o cerha a WC,recording hallcontinueuntilthetran portingo cerarrive in idethe tationatthe ookingde k;
3.Theeventi ofa en itivenatureandthe WCo cerha weighedthe WCDi cretionar RecordingCon ideration peci edin ection
2.4anddecidedtodeactivatethe WC;
4.Theincidentha concludedpriortothearrivaloftheo cer;
5.Theincidentoreventi of uchdurationthatdeactivatingthe WCi nece ar tocon erveavaila lerecordingtime;or
6.Theo ceri orderedtoturnthecamerao a upervi or.
1.Iti thepolic oftheDepartmenttore pectthelegitimateprivac intere t ofallper on in o ton,whileen uringprofe ionali minit
workforce.Therecordingofcivilian a ed olel uponthecivilian politicalorreligiou elief orupontheexerci eofthecivilian
con titutionalright tofreedomof peechandreligiou expre ion,con titutionalpetitionanda em l i prohi ited. WCfootage hall
not ereviewedtoidentif thepre enceofindividualparticipant at uchevent whoarenotengagedinunlawfulconduct...
2.4.RecordinginArea WhereThereMa eaRea ona le xpectationofPrivac : WCo cer hould emindfuloflocation where
recordingma econ ideredin en itive,inappropriate,orma eprohi ited privac policie . uchlocation ma includelockerroom ,
place ofwor hip,religiou ceremonie ,certainlocation inho pital orclinic ,lawo ce ,da carefacilitie ,etc.At uchlocation ,atthe
o cer di cretionand a edonthecircum tance , WC ma eturnedo .Theo cerma con idertheoptiontodivertthe WCawa
froman u ject andrecordonl audio,ifappropriate.Whenexerci ingdi cretionin uch ituation ,thedeci ionwhetherto top
recording,divertthe WC,orrecordonl audio houldgenerall e a edonthefollowing WCDi cretionar RecordingCon ideration :
theextenttowhichtheo cero erve activitie orcircum tance ofa en itiveorprivatenature;thepre enceofindividual whoarenot
the u jectoftheo cer-civilianinteraction;thepre enceofpeoplewhoappearto eminor ;an reque t acivilianto toprecording;
andtheextenttowhicha enceof WCrecordingwilla ecttheinve tigation.
2.5.NoticeofRecording:Unle therei animmediatethreattotheo cer lifeor afet ,making WCnoti cationimpo i leordangerou ,
WCo cer hallinformcivilian thatthe are eingrecorded. WCo cer hallnotif civilian withlanguage ucha Maam/ ir,Iam
advi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded m od WornCamera. WCo cer hallnotrecordcivilian urreptitiou l .
2.6.Con enttoRecord:A idefromthere trictionin ection2.3(RecordingwithinaRe idence), WCo cer arenotrequiredtoo tain
con enttorecord.Ifacivilianha reque tedthe WCo certo toprecording,o cer havenoo ligationto toprecordingiftherecording
i pur uanttothecircum tance identi edin ection2.2.Whenevaluatingwhetherornottocontinuerecording, WCo cer houldweigh
the WCDi cretionar RecordingCon ideration peci edin ection2.4.Thereque ttoturnthe WCo hould erecorded,a wella the
o cer re pon e.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Non- WCO cerAcce toFootage:Non- WCo cer hallonl acce footagewithpermi ionofa upervi or.
Thepolic prohi it improperu eoffootage, utdoe notexpre l prohi itemplo ee fromera ingoraltering
recording .(7.2)
Thepolic doe prohi ito cer fromactivatingtheircamera torecordcertain en itiveconver ation orwithin
certain en itiveplace ,anditprohi it o cer fromrecordingpeopleordi cu ion unrelatedtoacallfor
erviceorevent.(IV.F.30)
28.Unle pre entinano cialcapacit ,the WC hallnot eu edin athroom ,lockerroom ,orotherplace wheretherei anexpectation
ofprivac .
Limit RetentionofFootage
Categor RetentionPeriod
Non-CitizenInvolvement 45Da
Tra c topWarning 45Da
Tra c topInfraction 45Da
Tra c topMi demeanor 3Year
Tra c topFelon 20Year
Non-CriminalO en e 45Da
IACM 4Year
CriminalInve tigationNonFelon 3Year
CriminalInve tigationFelon 20Year
Te t 45Da
Accidental 45Da
RetentionCategor De nition :
a.Non-CitizenInvolvement:Videothatdoe notcontainaninteractionwithacitizen, u pectora ociatedwithan othercategor . x:
Pre hiftte tvideo, luelightandTA R parkte t,accidentalactivation.
.Tra c topWarning:Ver alorwrittenwarning,withnocitationorarre t,regardle ofrea onfor top.
c.Tra c topMi demeanor,Felon :Outcomeofthetra c topi ami demeanororfelon inve tigationorcharge.
d.Non-CriminalO en e :Interactionwithacitizenthati notrelatedtoacriminalchargeorinve tigation.
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.The WC temautomaticall delete recording fromthe erverwhentheretentionperiodforthecategorizedrecordingha elap ed.
Theretentionperiodi et the temaccordingto peci ccategorie a ignedtothevideo theo cer, upervi ororauthorized
u er.
F.Digital le a ociatedwithaninve tigation hall edi po edofordeletedinaccordancewithcurrentCMPDpolic and tateandfederal
law .
Thepolic doe notexpre l prohi ito cer fromtamperingwithormodif ing WCfootage;thepolic onl
tate thatrecording areincapa leof eingalteredordeleted o cer and upervi or ,without pecif ing
howthi i enforced.(V. )
A.CHI FOFPOLIC
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2.Reviewanddeterminewhetherto eektherelea eofan WCrecording thati inthe e tintere tofpu lic afet andinaccordancewith
tateandfederallaw.
.DeactivationofaRecording
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3.Ju ti cationforDeactivatingaRecording
TheDepartmentmem erwillver all ju tif onthe WCwhendeactivatingitpriortotheconclu ionofanincident.Whenamem er
fail torecordanincidentorcircum tance warrantthever alju ti cationofadeactivationa eingimpracticalorimpo i le,the
mem erwilldocumenttherea on activatingthe WCand tatingthet peofincident,eventnum er,andtherea onfor
deactivatingtherecording.
NOT :Departmentmem er willnotif theirimmediate upervi orwhenthe WCi deactivatedpriortotheconclu ionofanentire
incident.
III.PROHI IT DCONDUCT
A.The WCwillnot eactivatedtorecord:
1.individual inre idence orotherprivatearea notopentothepu licunle therei acrimeinprogre orothercircum tance
thatwouldallowtheo certo elawfull pre entwithoutawarrant.
2.in idemedicalfacilitie ,exceptwhendirectl relevantandnece ar toalawenforcementinve tigationandapproved the
mem er immediate upervi or.
3.appearance atcourtorhearing .Mem er willturno their WC othatiti notin u eringmodeafternotif ingthedi patcher
andver all announcingtherea onforturningo the WC.
4.inconnectionwith trip earche .
NOT :Departmentmem er willnotactivatethe WCtorecord trip earche .
.DeactivationofaRecording
1.TheDepartmentmem erwillnotdeactivateeventmodeunle
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.reque ted avictimofacrime;
c.reque ted awitne ofacrimeoracommunit mem erwhowi he toreportacrime;or
d.theo ceri interactingwithacon dentialinformant.
XC PTION:Departmentmem er ma continueorre umerecordingavictimorwitne ifexigentcircum tance exi torifthe
o cerha rea ona learticula le u picionthatavictim,witne ,orcon dentialinformantha committedori intheproce of
committingacrime.
2.TheDepartmentmem erwillen urethatan reque t avictimorwitne todeactivatethecamera,unle impracticalor
impo i le,i madeontherecording.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
IX.R T NTION
Alldigitall recordeddatacreated the WCwill eretainedinaccordancewiththeDepartment' Form Retention chedule(CPD11.717)
andtheIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraAct(50ILC 706/10).
A.Recording madeon WC mu t eretainedforaperiodof90da unle an encountercapturedontherecordingha een agged.
IX.R T NTION
Alldigitall recordeddatacreated the WCwill eretainedinaccordancewiththeDepartment' Form Retention chedule(CPD-11.717)
andtheIllinoi O cer-Worn od CameraAct(50ILC 706/10).
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.3.The ureauofInternalA air will agrecording thatrelatetoacomplaintagain taDepartmentmem erorano cerwhoi the u ject
ofaninternalinve tigation.
Polic :
...O cer arerequiredtoactivatetheir WC temduringalllawenforcement-relatedencounter andactivitie a de nedinthi
procedure....
Procedure:
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC tem
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2.O cer willu e WCequipmenttorecordallcall for erviceand elf-initiatedactivitie .The WCmu t eactivatedwhentheo cer
arrive on- cene.Thi include :
a.Whilere pondingforcall for erviceinemergenc mode.
.Tra c top ,includingtheinve tigationofavehicleandoccupant alread toppedorparked.
1)O cer equippedwiththe WC(primar or ackupo cer )willcontinuetorecorduntilthe toppedvehicledepart or
o cer leavethe cene.
c.Duringtheentiret oftra corfootpur uit .
1)Activatethe WC eforeinitiatingatra corfootpur uit.
2)Deactivatethe WCwhenavehicleor u jectcannot elocated.
d.Whena i tingothero cer onan callfor erviceor elf-initiatedactivit .
1)O cer mu ten urethe areaddedtotheCADincidentwhena i tingothero cer .
e.Allreque t forcon entto earchwithoutawarrant,including earche ofper on , uilding ,orvehicle ,will erecorded. oth
audioandvideorecording will emadeofthereque tandcon entwhenpractical.
1)Recordingi intendedtoenhanceadocumentedcon ent;itdoe notreplacea ignedForm601,Con entto earchWithout
aWarrant.
f.Reque t for earche anddeplo ment ofdrug-detectioncanine involvingvehicle ,whenpractical.
g.Recording ofallper on ph icall arre tedand eingtran portedinan Departmentvehicletoan location.
h.O cer havethedi cretiontoactivatethe WCwhenthe elieveaneventma haveevidentiar value.
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4.The WCma edeactivatedafter:
a.Clearingthecallfor ervice/ elf-initiatedactivit ,or
.TheDVRi activatedandrecordinga u ject eingtran portedinthepolicevehicle.
Polic :
...O cer afet andpu lic afet takeprecedenceoverrecordingevent .Underextenuatingcircum tance ,utilizationofthe WC tem
ma not epo i le(e.g.,am u h/a aultonapoliceo cer,compromi ingthetacticaladvantageofpolice).Whenthi occur ,o cer will
reporttheincidenttotheir upervi or.The upervi orwillinve tigateanddocumenttheincidentonaForm17 WC....
Procedure:
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC tem
1. quipmenti there pon i ilit oftheo cera ignedandwill eoperatedaccordingtothemanufacturer recommendation .
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.Ifano cerfail toactivateordeactivatetheir WCaccordingtopolic ,orfail touploadtheir WCinatimel manner,whether
intentionall oraccidentall ,the willreporttheincidenttotheir upervi or.
1)The upervi orwillinve tigateanddocumenttheincidentonaForm17 WC,includingan di ciplinar recommendation.
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F. upervi or Re pon i ilitie
1.All upervi or will:
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d.Inve tigateanddocumentonaForm17 WCallincident involvingano cerwhofail toactivateordeactivatethe WCin
accordancewithprocedure,includingan di ciplinar recommendation.
A.OperatingandUtilizing WC tem
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5.O cer willnotu ethe WCtorecordthefollowing:
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c.Inan placewheretherei area ona leexpectationofprivac (e.g.,re troom,lockerroom)exceptduringanactiveincident(e.g.,
footpur uitthatlead intoalockerroom).
d.Inan detentionfacilit orho pitalfacilit (whencon dentialpatientinformationma erecorded)exceptduringanactive
incident(e.g.,di orderl per on).
...O cer havetherighttou ethe WC tem(e.g.in ideaprivatehome/facilit ,pu lic/private chool)a longa the havealegalright
to ethere(e.g.,callfor ervice,valid earchwarrant,con entofowner)....
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Information:
...Video le arethepropert oftheCPDandarenotto eduplicatedand/oru edwithoutauthorizationfromthePoliceChiefortheir
de ignee....
Procedure:
.Viewing,Alteringand/or haring WCRecording
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2.O cer hallnotedit,alter,era e,duplicate,cop , hareorotherwi edi tri uteinan manner WCrecording withoutpriorapproval.
a.Reque t todeleteportion ofa WCrecording(e.g.,intheeventofaper onalrecording)mu t e u mittedforapprovalona
Form17tothepolicechief,whowillreviewinaccordancewith taterecordretentionlaw .Allreque tand naldeci ion hall e
kepton le.
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6.O cer hallnotu enon-agenc equipmentordevice torecordordownloadvideofrom WC .
Forreque ter whoarenotrecorded u ject ,thepolic relie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootage
availa le.Oddl ,thepolic contain anexceptionforOVI(OperatingaVehicleUndertheIn uence)incident ,which
allow thepro ecutortowithholdfootage.( .3-4)
.Record Reque t
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Out idereque t forvideo le mu t e u mittedtoPR onaForm29,PoliceRecord Pu licRecord Reque t.Thereque tcan e
completedonline emailingtheForm29tocpdrecord @cincinnati-oh.govor llingoutanonlineformathttp://cincinnati-
oh.gov/noncm /police/record /.OhioPu licRecord Lawdoe notrequirereque tor to u mitreque t inwriting.An oralreque t
will ecompletedonaForm29 PoliceRecord ordi trictper onnel,a outlinedinProcedure18.120,Pu licRecord Reque t .
a.PoliceRecord willfollowtheir OPfortheful llmentofrecordreque t ,includingcompletingredaction required law.
.OVIrecordedevent willonl erelea edwiththeapprovalofthepro ecutor.
c.Whenareque tforavideo lei madefromout idetheDepartment,a econddi ccop ofthevideo lewill emade Police
Record andmaintainedina leforone ear.
4.Mediareque t forvideo le will ereferredtoandhandled thePu licInformationO ce(PIO).PoliceRecord willrelea eadi c
cop ofvideo le toPIOuponreque t.
Limit iometric earchingofFootage
G. iometric earche
1. toredvideoandaudiofroma WC hallnot:
a. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot
. eu eda ller inphotoarra ,or
c. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware
1)Thi doe notprohi itCPDfromu ingrecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofaparticularincidentwhenrea ona le
u picionexi t thata peci c u jectorper oninneedofa i tancema ea u jectofaparticularrecording.
I.GeneralGuideline
A.Allo cer a ignedaWC [Weara leCamera tem],whileinthe eld, hallactivatetheircameraimmediatel uponinitiatinga
re pon etoacallfor ervice,duringallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact withthepu lic,orothercontactwiththepu licthat
ma ordoe ecomeadver arialaftertheinitialcontact.O cer hallunder tandthereareexception andprohi itedtime torecord
etforthin ection IVandV.
.IfplacingtheWC ineventmodei notfea i leduetoanimmediateri ktothe afet oftheo cerorother ,theo cer hallplace
theWC ineventmodea oona theimmediatethreatha eenaddre ed.
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II.CameraDeplo ment
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.DuringTheirTourofDut Requirement forRecording
1.O cer hall:
a.Immediatel uponinitiatingare pon etoacallfor erviceandduringallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact withthe
pu lic,placetheirWC intoeventmode,including utnotlimitedto:
i.Call for ervice
ii.Tra c top
iii.Arre t
iv. earche
v.Interview
vi.Pur uit
vii.Pri oner/Citizentran port
viii.An ituationano cer elieve capturedmediama eofu e.
.PlacetheirWC intoeventmodeduringothercontact withthepu licthatma ordoe ecomeadver arial.
c.Recordevent inaccordancewiththi GPO.
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D. ventMode:Prohi itedRecording
1.O cer hallnotrecordineventmodeinthefollowingcircum tance / ituation :
a.Internalnon-inve tigative ta meeting ,hearing ,andencounter withothero cer , upervi or ,command ta ,orCit -
emplo edcivilian a i tingtheDivi ion.
.Conver ation offellowo cer orcivilianemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutine,non-enforcementrelated
activitie .
c.An placewheretherei area ona leexpectationofper onalprivac (e.g.,dre ingroom ,re troom )unle nece ar to
ful llalawenforcemento jective.
d.Conver ation of/withcitizen and/oro cer unrelatedtoinve tigativeorenforcementcontact (e.g.,admini trativedutie ,
court,communit meeting ).
D. ventMode:Prohi itedRecording
1.O cer hallnotrecordineventmodeinthefollowingcircum tance / ituation :
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c.An placewheretherei area ona leexpectationofper onalprivac (e.g.,dre ingroom ,re troom )unle nece ar toful ll
alawenforcemento jective.
O cer ma turno camera ifreque ted victim orwitne e ,orparent ofjuvenilevictim orwitne e .
(II.C)
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D.Theexi tenceofcapturedmedia hallnotreplaceathorough,accurate,andcompleteincidentreportorForm-1.
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G.TheDivi ionre erve therighttolimitorre trictano cer a ilit toviewcapturedmedia a edonthecircum tance urrounding
theincident.
1.O cer areauthorizedtoacce theirownWC recordingforalegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e,including utnotlimitedto
completionofreport .
a.O cer hallonl viewtheirWC recordingafterau eofforcethatrequire aFIT[ForceInve tigationTeam]re pon ewhen
authorized theFITOIC.
.O cer ma viewtheirownoranothero cer WC recording,ifaFITre pon ei notrequired,a nece ar tocomplete
requiredreport orcompletea upervi or inve tigative/admini trativefunction.
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Thepolic al orequire thato cer giveaclear,articula lerea onforwh the didnotrecordordi continued
recording.Thi rea onmu t e tatedeitheronthevideopriortoturningo thecamera,ontheCAD report,orin
thereport u mitted theo cer.(ProcedureC.5,ProcedureD.3)
.24 WC hall eu edonl inconjunctionwitho ciallawenforcementdutie ando cer hallnotu eper onall owneddigitalrecording
device whileondut .
The WC hallnot eu edtorecord:
Communication withotherpoliceper onnelwithouttheirknowledge,withoutthepermi ionoftheChiefofPoliceorauthorized
de ignee;
ncounter withundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant ;
Whenon reakorotherwi eengagedinper onalactivitie ;or
Inan locationwhereindividual havearea ona leexpectationofprivac ; ucha ,are troomorlockerroom.
Recording inpatientcarearea ofmedicalfacilitie unle therecordingi foro cialpolice u ine ucha acriminalinve tigation,
d ingdeclaration,HorizontalGazeN tagmu (HGN)oninjureddriver ,a peci ccallforpolice ervice,orwhendealingwithan
uncooperative u ject( ).
.22O cer hallnotactivatea WCwhileontheground ofan pu lic,privateorparochialelementar ,middle,highor econdar chool
exceptwhenre pondingtoanimminentthreattolifeorhealth,orwheretherei apotentialforenforcementand/orcriminalinve tigation,
orduringanencounterwiththepu licthat ecome adver arialaftertheinitialcontactina ituationthatwouldnototherwi erequire
recording.
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.14File hould e ecurel toredinaccordancewith taterecord retentionlaw and hall edi po edofa oona practicalonce
appropriateauthorizationi givenandthe lei nolongerofu einaninve tigationorpro ecution.
WCrecording ofevidentiar valueorwhereaca ereportnum eri generated hall e toredinaccordancewiththeColorado pring
PoliceDepartment GO833 ection8: videnceO ceProcedure /Inve tigation and vidence.
TRAFFICTra c top involvingacitizen,vehicle, ic cle,pede trian,etc.wheretheo ceri ue acitationintoMunicipalCourtor
Count Courtfortra crelatedo en e .Retentioni onehundredeight (180)da .
Allotherrecording ofanuncla i ednature hall e toredforaperiodofthirt (30)da .Thi include tra c top wherea ummon
wa noti uedandmotori ta i t .
Intheeventthatano ceror upervi or elieve the WCrecording hould eretainedformorethanthede ignatedretentionperiod
li teda oveduetoextenuatingcircum tance (eg.Pu lic crutin ,potentialforcivilaction,etc),authorization hall eo tainedfrom
the hiftor ectionlieutenantfor uchexten ionandthevideowill eretaineduntilfurthernotice.
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.14The temal oha aninternalaudit temthat how when WCvideoha eenviewed, hared,orredacted.Thi audittrailma aidin
determiningthechain-of-cu tod ...
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Allacce i auditedtoen urethatonl authorizedu er areacce ingthedataforlegitimateandauthorizedpurpo e .
.30O cer hallnotedit,alter,era e,duplicate,cop , hare,orotherwi edi tri uteinan manner WCrecording withoutpriorwritten
authorizationandapprovaloftheChiefofPoliceorauthorizedde ignee.
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Reque t fordeletionofportion oftherecording (e.g.,intheeventofaper onalrecording)mu t e u mittedinwritingandapproved
theChiefofPoliceorauthorizedde igneeinaccordancewith taterecordretentionlaw .Allreque t and naldeci ion hall ekepton
lefortheperiodoutlinedforrecord retentionfortheidenti edincident.
.14Allimage and ound recorded the WCaretheexclu ivepropert oftheColorado pring PoliceDepartment.Acce ing,cop ing,or
relea ing le fornon-lawenforcementpurpo e i trictl prohi ited.
An reque tfor WCmediamadefromout idetheColorado pring PoliceDepartmentwillcompl with oththerecord di clo ureand
record managementpolicie oftheDepartmentreferenceda ove,a wella theColoradoOpenRecord Act(CORA)andtheColorado
CriminalJu ticeRecord Act(CCJRA).Criminalju tice tempartner ucha theDi trictAttorne O ceandCit Attorne O cewill
havelimitedacce tothe WC temtodownloadandviewvideoevidencethatpertain to peci cca e .
.24Nonlawenforcementper onnel hallnot eallowedtoreviewtherecording atthe cene.
Colum u PDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit polic wa foundonthe
ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic wa e ectiveFe ruar 3,2015.
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C.O cer hallplacethe VR in ventModea oona practicalattheon etofagiven ituation.
D.Oncein ventMode,o cer hallcontinuetorecorduntilthecompletionoftheevent,orthe haveleftthe cene.
.Additionalunit arrivingtoa cene hallplacetheir VR intheeventmodea oona practical,andcontinuetorecorduntilthe
completionoftheevent,orthe haveleftthe cene.
V.Required VR U e vent
A.The VR hall eactivatedduringthefollowingevent a oona po i lewithoutendangeringthelifeoftheo cer:
i.Re pondingtocall for erviceinanemergenc ituation;
ii.Alltra candfootpur uit;
iii.Alltra c top ,includingtheinve tigationofavehicleandoccupant alread toppedorparked;
iv.All earche including, utnotlimitedto,people,vehicle, uilding ,andplace ;
v.Allreque t forcon entto earchwithoutawarrant.Thi i intendedtoenhancecon entdocumentationnotreplacecurrent
con entform ;
vi.Allreque t for earche anddeplo ment ofdrug-detectioncanine ,whenpractical;
vii.Allarre t and/orcitation ;
viii.An incidentinwhichano ceri actingundercoloroflawanditma ecomenece ar fortheo certoinvokehi /her
authorit a alawenforcemento cer;
ix.An incidentupondirectionfroma upervi or,atthereque tofanothero ceroran timeano cerdeem itappropriateto
activea VR unit;and
x.Alldome ticviolencecall including u pect/victiminterview .
A. xcepta authorizedorrequired thi OP VR unit hallnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ,
ucha lockerroom ,dre ingroom ,orre troom .
. VR unit hallnot eactivatedtorecordconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutine,non-enforcement
relatedactivitie .
Thepolic allow o cer toturno camera inplace wheretherei rea ona leexpectationofprivac ucha in
medicalfacilitie orwheninterviewing exuala aultvictim , utdoe notrequirethemtodo oatthereque tof
vulnera leindividual .(VI.A)
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vidence.com:OnlineWe - a eddigitalmedia toragefacilit .Thevirtualwarehou e tore digitall encr pteddatainahighl ecure
environmentacce i letoper onnel a edon ecurit clearance.
IV.ATheAxonFlex VR willallowano certorecordaudio/videodatawithoutthea ilit toalterordeletethedata.Oncethe ventModei
tarted,re ultantdatai permanentl recordedwithinthedeviceandunaltera le theo cer.
IV.F.O cer ma viewmediacapturedthroughevidence.com utwillnot ea letopermanentl alterordeletean data.
VIII.A.Onl the VR temAdmini trator, hift upervi or ,Divi ionCommander ,A i tanceChief ,andtheChiefofPolicehavethe
a ilit to"login"andvieworcop adata le.Nopermanentalterationordeletioni allowedtotheoriginaldata le.An oftheindividual
li tedinthi ParagraphVIII(A)ma createacop ofthevideo leforcourtorotherDepartmentpurpo e , u jecttothefollowing
requirement :
i.Thi hould edoneatthereque toftheinve tigatingo cer;
ii.Allcopie of uch le will eplacedonaCDandgiventotheo cerontheda ofhi /hercourtdate;
iii.Uponcompletionofthecourtappearancetheo cerwillreturntheCDtohi /her upervi or(iftheCDwa notappropriated the
court)
iv.The upervi orwillde tro theCDuponreceipt.
VIII. .Onl the VR temAdmini tratorha thea ilit todeletea leandcanonl do othroughwrittenauthorization theChiefof
Police.
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Denver polic include adetailedli tof ituation thatmu t erecordedandin truct o cer toexerci egood
judgmentwhenactivatinganddeactivatingthe WC.(3)
Thepolic appear toallowo cer toturno camera whenavictimreque t thattheo cer toprecording.
(3.a.2;4.d.1-2)
c.Oncethe ituationha ta ilized,ifiti nece ar todi cu i ue orconcern withano cer, upervi or,doctor,nur eorparamedicin
private,oriftheinformationto econve edi notpartofaninve tigativeca e,the WCma e witchedto UFF RINGmode.A oona
theprivateconver ationi completed,the WCwill ereturnedto V NTmode olonga the ituation tillfall underthede nitionof
requiredu e.O cer areremindedthatwhenthe WCi placed ackto V NTmode,theprior30 econd ofvideo(noaudio)will e
aved.
Thepolic encourage utdoe notrequireo cer tonotif thepu licthe WCi activatedandrecording.(4.d)
d.O cer areencouragedtonotif thepu licthatthe WCi activatedandrecording.Undermo tcircum tance ,noti cationha hownto
di u eincident .However,therema etime thatthi i impracticalorthatthenoti cationcoulddimini hline ofcommunication.
O cerdi cretion hould eutilizedandgenerall favornoti cationovernon-noti cation.
Likewi e,thepolic require o cer toturnonthecameraaudi lealert ignal, utprovide o cer di cretionto
mutethe ignalfortactical ituation .(4. .3)
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Thepolic allow o cer toreviewtheirowncamerafootage eforewritingreport andencourage o cer tou e
thefootagetoen ureaccurac whenwritingreport .
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304.6-3.1WhentoActivate od -WornCamera
The WC hall eactivatedpriortoinitiating,ora oona practicalafterinitiatingthefollowingpoliceaction :
1) xcepta otherwi eprovidedinthi polic ,o cer hallactivatehi /her od -worncamera torecordallcontact withcitizen inthe
performanceofhi /hero cialdutie (i.e.call for ervice,vehicle top ,o ervedevent ,andca ualencounter ).
2)Oncea od -worncamerai activated,thedevice hallremainonuntiltheeventi completedinordertoen uretheintegrit ofthe
recording.
3)Ifano cerfail toactivatehi /her od -worncamera,fail torecordtheentireevent,orinterrupt therecording,theo cer hall
documentonhi /herActivit Logwh therecordingwa notmade,interrupted,orterminated.
4)Ifano cerpurpo el de-activate hi /her od -worncamerawithoutju ti edca e,he/ hema e u jecttodi ciplinar action.
304.6-3.2Whento topRecording
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6)An interruptionofa WCrecordingunderthi ectionmu t eproperl documenteda etforthin ection304.6-3.1(3)ofthi
Polic .
304.6-3.2Whento topRecording
Whetherano cermu tcompl withacitizen reque tto toprecordingwitha od -worncameradepend onthelocation,whetherthe
o ceri atthelocationpur uanttovalid earchwarrant,andwhetherornotexigentcircum tance exi t.Thefollowingrule appl :
1)Whenano ceri inanareaopentothepu lic,andacitizeno ject totherecording,theo cer i notrequiredto toprecording.
2)Whenano ceri inanareawhereanindividualha area ona leexpectationofprivac ( ucha aprivatehome),pur uanttoavalid
earchwarrant,andacitizeno ject totherecording,theo cer i notrequiredto toprecording.
3)Whenano cerenter anareawhereanindividualha area ona leexpectationofprivac ( ucha aprivatehome),withoutavalid
earchwarrant, utwhereexigentcircum tance exi t(hotpur uitof eeingfelon;imminentde tructionofevidence,needtoprevent
u pect e cape;orri kofdangertothepoliceorother )andacitizeno ject totherecording,theo cer i notrequiredto top
recording.
4)Whenano cerenter anareawhereanindividualha area ona leexpectationofprivac ( ucha aprivatehome),withoutavalid
earchwarrant,andwhereexigentcircum tance donotexi t,and utwiththecon entoftheowner,andacitizeno ject tothe
recording,thi hould eregardeda arevocationofthecon enttoenter,andtheo cer houldeitherturno thecamera(after
recordingtheo jection)andremain,orleavethepremi e .Revokingcon entfora earchdoe notcon titutepro a lecau etoarre t.
Thepolic require o cer toinformcitizen the are eingrecorded.Whileo cer havedi cretiontodeactivate
camera atthereque tofvictim , utallowingfordi cretionin uchca e doe notgofarenoughto peci call
protectvictim from eingrecordedwithouttheirinformedcon ent.(304.6-3-1.5;304.6-3.2.5)
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5)Mem er hallinformcitizen immediatel
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5)Theo ceri takingawitne tatementfromavictimofanallegedrape,othervictimofaviolentcrime,oriftherei arational elief
thato certhattherecordingwouldplacethewitne indangerofharm.Thi di cretioni olel lefttothere pondingo cer...
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304.6-4R PORTING
1)Theu eofthe WCwill erecordedinalldepartmentreport .Thi notationoftheu eofthe WCdoe notreplacetheo cer
re pon i ilit tofull completeDepartmentreport .
2)Wheneverano cerdocument arecordingofa tatement,theevent hall edocumentedinallDepartmentreport .Avideo tatementi
a upplementto,andnotareplacementfor,awritten tatement.
3)Ano cerma notexclu ivel u eplea e eevideooran imilarlanguageonan Departmentmandatedreport .
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4)O cer ma u emediacapturedvia WCforo cialdutie includingcompletionofdepartment-mandatedreport .O cer hall e
allowedtoreviewtherecordingfromtheirown WC.Furthermore,thedeterminationofwhenamem erma viewanothermem er WC
footage hall edeterminedonaca e ca e a i atthedi cretionoftheo cerinchargeoftheca e.
5)Ifan materialdi crepanc i identi ed etweenmediacapturedvia WCandadepartmentreport,a upplementalreportwill e led.
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Therecording prove ene cialinadmini trativeandcriminalinve tigation andprovideanun ia edaccountofevent .Forthi rea on,the
WC hould eu edinallin tance ofpolicecommunit mem ercontact andlawenforcementre pon e,excepta prohi ited thi
polic .
C.The WC hallnot eu edtodocumentactivitie occurringinho pital ,orothermedicalfacilitie ,unle tho eactivitie arefor peci c
lawenforcementpurpo e .In uchin tance wherethe WCi u edinthe efacilitie ,care hould etakentolimitwhoandwhati eing
recorded.
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I.Additionall , omeinteraction theirver natureare en itiveanddi cretion hould eu edwhendeterminingwhetherornotthe e
event hould erecorded.The et pe ofincident donotoccuroften,andinclude, utarenotlimitedto:
1.Interview withtho ewi hingtoprovidecon dentialinformation;
2.Complainant whodonotwi hto eidenti ed;
3.Victim andwitne e ofcrime ,whowi htoprotecttheiridentit ;
4.In tance involvingjuvenile .
Inthea ovein tance ,o cer hallarticulatethe peci crea onfornotutilizingthe WCinthenarrativeoftheirpolicereportorinthe
memo eldofthemo ilecomputeraideddi patchapplication.
Wheno cer arerecordingper on ,inlocation wheretheper on houldhavearea ona leexpectationofprivac (i.e.home, u ine
o cenotopentothepu lic,re troom,lockerroom,etc.),theo cer hould,whenpractical,inthea enceofrea ona le u picionor
pro a lecau eofcriminalactivit ,informtheper on( )thatthe are eingrecorded.
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The ack-end temforthe WCprograminclude network torageforthedata.Tomeetthe a icprovi ion oftheLi rar ofVirginia,
Record RetentionandDi po al chedule,thefollowingi theDepartmentretention chedule:
{DRAFTPOLICYNOT allretention chedule will e nalizedpriortotheimplementationofapilotprojectand/orfullprogramincon ultation
withalllegal takeholder intheCount and tate.Thereforeallitem areto edeterminedforlegalcompliancetoda and ear }
A.Video/audiorecording notrequiredto upportknowninve tigation orlitigation houldnot eretained e ond[T D]da
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C. WCfootage hall ecla i edforautomaticdeletion a edonthea overetentionperiod .
FPD polic mandate thato cer houldactivatetheir WCatthe r trea ona leopportunit .(3.24.4.C)
C.O cer houldactivatethe WCatthe r trea ona leopportunit ,unle animmediatethreattotheo cer lifeor afet make
activatingthe WCimpo i leordangerou ,inwhichca etheo cer houldactivatethe WCa oona po i le.Additionalarriving
o cer equippedwitha WC houldactivatetheircamera uponarrivaltoanincidentrequiringarecording.
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A.Per onnel halldocumentintheirincidentreport , upplementalreport ,citation ,a davit and eldinterview thata WCwa utilized.
.Iti there pon i ilit ofthemem erdownloadingavideo letoidentif an digital lea ociatedwithaninve tigation.
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Fergu onPDin truct it o cer to eawareofand en itivetocivilian rea ona leprivac expectation ,
includingincertain en itivelocation .Thepolic mention theprivac anddignit ofcrimevictim , utitdoe not
expre l allowvictim toopt-outofrecording.(481.3(3),PR481.2( ),PR481.4( ))
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5.Participant arenotexpectedtorecordca ualinteraction withthepu lic, ucha exchangingplea antrie ,providingdirection ,orwhile
attendingcommunit meeting .Additionall ,participant arenotrequiredtoactivatetheir WCduringnon-lawenforcementactivitie
ucha reak ,directingtra c,crime ceneproce ing,remainingonanaccident cenewaitingforatowtruck,etc.Participant are
allowedtoturno (powerdown)thecamerawhenenteringare troomorlockerroom.
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9.Thefollowingareprohi itedaction :
a.The WCwillnot eu edtorecordper onalactivit .
.The WCwillnot eintentionall activatedtorecordconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutinenon-
enforcementactivitie .
c. xceptinthecour eofanactivecriminalinve tigation,the WCwillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationof
privac exi t .
However,thepolic doe not peci call protectvulnera leindividual orvictim .While u ject ofrecording can
expre l reque ttoopt-outofrecording ,thepolic give o cer thedi cretionwhetherornottohonorthat
reque t.Furthermore,o cer arenotrequiredtonotif individual thatthe are eingrecorded.( .2.c; .4)
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F.Theper onalu eand/orretentionofDM e ondthe copeofthi OPi expre l prohi ited.Thi include unauthorizedviewing
per onnelthatdonothave peci cneed-to-knowauthorizationtoacce therecording .
Thepolic reference mention privac , utdoe notrequireo cer too taininformedcon entfromvideo
u ject ,includingvictim andwitne e .(450.4;6-7)
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Categor
Inadditiontoattachinganeventorca enum ertorecording ,o cer mu ta ignavideoCategor tofacilitateproperretentionofthe
video.Categorie are elected a edonthe tatutor retentionrequirement fortheincident,andrangefromone eartoaninde nite
periodoftime.
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mplo ee hallnoto tainorconvertan recording o tainedduringthecour eand copeoftheirdutie forper onalu e.Thefollowingare
peci call prohi ited:
Per onalcopie ofo cialrecording ;
Re-recordingofvideo withotherdevice ;
Po tingofo cialvideoand/oraudiotoan non-Department pon ored ocialnetworkingorotherwe ite ;
Po tingofAXONrecording onan Department pon ored itewithoutexpre permi ionfromtheChiefofPoliceorhi de ignee
(an videopo tedonaDepartment pon ored ocialmediaorotherwe itewillthereafter econ ideredpu licinformation)
Video le hallnot etran mitted, haredortran ferredviae-mail(or an otherelectronicproce )exceptforo cialpurpo e and
per onnelwhohave eenauthorized the temadmini trator.
2.The WC hallnot edeactivateduntilthecallfor erviceorencounterha full concludedora ordered the upervi ororinaccordance
withthi polic
7.Ifano cerfail toactivatethe WC,theo cer hallnotif hi orher upervi orimmediatel anddocumentthei ueintheincident
report.
8.Ano cer' deci iontodi continuetheu eofthe WC hall e tatedandrecorded the WCpriortodeactivation.
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F.Retention
1. WCrecording hall eretainedforthirteenmonth fromthedateitwa recordedwiththefollowingexception :
a. WCrecording thathaveevidentiar orexculpator valueforu einacriminalorcivilca e hall eretainedfortheperiodofthe
applica le tatuteoflimitation oruntilthe naldi po itionoftheca e,whicheveri horter;
. WCrecording thathave eenidenti eda partofapre ervationorderorlitigation hall eretaineduntil uchholdi liftedor
courtorder;or
c. WCrecording thatarekeptfortrainingpurpo e onl .
2. WCrecording hall eretainedfornole thanthree ear fromthedateitwa recorded,ifthevideocapture thefollowing:
a.U eofforce;or
.An encounterforwhichacomplaintha eenregi teredoranadmini trativeinve tigationha eeninitiated.
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4. u jecttothea ovelimitation ,the WCadmini tratori authorizedtodelete WCrecording inaccordancewithdepartmental
retention chedule andpolicie .
6ACTIVATIONOF WC QUIPM NT
The WCha threemode :O , tand ,andActivate.Normall ,whileperformingroutinematter andpriortoparticipatinginan law
enforcementactivitie ,o cer hallkeepthe WCin tand mode.
O cer hallplacethe WCinActivatemodetorecordalllawenforcementactivitie regardle ofdi patch tatu .O cer hallcontinue
recordinguntilthelawenforcementactivit i completedoruntiltherei area on,a permitted thi polic ,todeactivatethe WC.
O cer arenotrequiredtocea erecordinganevent, ituation,orcircum tance olel atthedemandofacitizen.The WC hall e
activateda follow :
a.Priorit OneorTwocallfor ervice.Activateupon eingdi patchedorwhendrivingtothecallregardle ofthedi patch tatu .
.An othercallfor ervice.Ifavehiclei eingu ed,activatepriortoexitingthevehicle.Ifavehiclei not eingu ed,activatepriorto
arrival.
c. elf-initiatedlawenforcementactivit (e.g.,tra corpede trian top)orOn-ViewIncident(e.g., eing aggeddown).O cer hall
activate WC priortotakingan policeaction,includingvehicleandfootpur uit .Inallca e , WC hall eactivatedpriortoturning
onemergenc equipment.
d. earchorarre twarrant.O cer equippedwitha WC hallrecordduringtheexecutionofan earchwarrantorarre twarrantand
duringallcon ent earche .
e.Pri onerorpa engertran port .O cer equippedwitha WC hallrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthe
genderofthepri onerorpa enger.Theentiretran port hall erecorded.
Forpri onertran port ,o cer ma electtohavethe WCfacingtherearpa engercompartmentofthevehicle.Onceo cer areina
ecuredjailfacilit with urveillancecamera ,the WCma edeactivated.
Whenapri onerorpa engeri tran ported atwo-manunit, otho cer hall erequiredtorecordwiththe WCduringthe
tran port.
f.Ho tileorcontentiou interaction.Therema etime whenano ceri interactingwiththepu licandthedi cu ion ecome
unexpectedl ho tileorcontentiou .A oona ano cerdetermine thatthi i likel tooccurori occurring,theo cer hall
immediatel activatehi WC.
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The WCi foro cialu eonl and hallnot eu edtorecord:
a.Per onalornon-workrelatedactivit .
.Departmentrollcall ,lockerroom , reakroom ,re troom ,oradmini trativeactivitie .
c.Conver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutineactivitie notrelatedtoenforcement.
d.Conver ation withan lawenforcementper onnelthatinvolve rie ng ortacticaloperation orplan .
e.Lineupproceeding ora ociated rie ng .
f.Departmentmeeting including, utnotlimitedto,admini trativemeeting ,committeemeeting ,mediation ,coun eling,andin-
ervicetraining.
g.In idepolicefacilitie unle takinglawenforcementaction.
h.During"walk-through "followingo cer-involved hooting .
8FAILUR TOACTIVAT WC
Althoughthe WCi requiredto eactivatedpriortoinitiatingalawenforcementactivit ,therema ecircum tance thatrequireano cer
toactimmediatel inordertoen urehi afet orthe afet ofother .Intho e ituation ,itma eimpracticalorunrea ona leforthe
o certoactivatethe WC eforetakingpoliceaction.Inthe ein tance ,theo cer hallactivatethe WCa oona iti afetodo oto
en urethattheremainderoftheincidenti properl recorded.
Ifano ceri requiredtoactivatehi WCandfail todo o,theo cer hallimmediatel aftertheconclu ionoftheevent,u ethe WCto
recordhi explanationorrea oninga towh the WCwa notactivated.Ifthi ituationoccur ,theo cer hallnotif hi upervi orand
documenttherea onfornotactivatingthe WCintheincidentreportorcall lip.
Ano cer' ju ti cationforfailingtoactivatethe od worncamera ecau eiti un afe,unreali tic,orimpractical hall eevaluated a ed
onwhetherarea ona leo cerunderthe ameor imilarcircum tance wouldhavemadethe amedeci ion.Ifthedepartmentdetermine
ano cerwa unju ti edinfailingtoactivatehi WCwhenrequiredtodo o,theo cerma e u jecttodi ciplinar actionuptoand
includinginde nite u pen ion.
Hou tonPDallow o cer toexerci edi cretiontoturno theircamera withvictim ,andwhileo cer and
upervi or arein tructedtogotogreatlength torecord,arerequiredtocea erecordinglongenoughforvictim
offamil violencetogivea tatement.(11)
11 P CIALCIRCUM TANC
Thi ectionaddre e pecialcircum tance inwhichadditionalguidanceregardingtheu eof WC i needed.
Traumatic vent
O cer are ometime calledontore pondto cene whereper on ,includingwitne e andcomplainant ,ma have eentraumatized
(e.g.,a ceneofa exuala ault).Whileo cer areencouragedtou etheir WC wheniti prudenttodo o,the ma u etheirdi cretion
inchoo ingtodeactivatetheir WCwhenrecordingtheper onmightinhi ittheo cer' a ilit too tainafullandcandid tatementfroma
complainantorwitne .Thi doe notincludedome ticviolence cene excepta provided elow.O cer hallaudi l notetherea on
priortodeactivating.The WC hall eactivatedoncethecontactwiththatindividualha cea edanduntiltheremainderofthe
inve tigationi complete.
Famil Violence
Ifano cerencounter aper onduringaninve tigationthattheo cer elieve to eavictimoffamil violenceandwhorefu e to
cooperatewiththeinve tigationwhile eingrecorded theo cer' WC,theo cer hall rie explainthedepartment' polic with
regardtorecordinginteraction toattempttoalleviatetheconcern .Iftheper oncontinue too jectto eingrecorded,theo cer hall
cea eattempt tointerviewthatper onandmakecontactwitha upervi or.The upervi orcontacted hallen urethata upervi or
report totheo cer' cene.
Onceatthe cene,the upervi or hallmakecontactwiththepo i levictimandattempttore olvean i ue relatedto eingrecorded.In
therarein tancethe upervi ori una letoremed theper on' concern ,the upervi or houldauthorizetheinve tigationtocontinue
whilethe WCi deactivatedlongenoughtoo taina tatementfromtheindividual.The WC hall eactivatedoncethecontactwiththat
individualha cea edanduntiltheremainderoftheinve tigationi complete.
12PRIVACYCONC RN
O cer hallnothave WC recordingwhilein idere troom ,dre ingroom ,orlockerroom unle o cer areenteringinre pon etoan
ongoingemergenc oracrimethati tillinprogre ,therei rea onto elievethata u pecti tillin idethelocation,orotherexigent
circum tance exi t.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
11 pecialCircum tance
...
Re pon etoRe i tance(R2R)
O cer involvedinR2Rincident captured WC hallfollowtheapplica ledepartmentalpolicie regardingtheR2RandreportingofR2R
inGeneralOrder600-17,Re pon etoRe i tance.Whenfea i le,ano cerinvolvedinanR2Rincidentma , uti notrequiredto,reviewthe
WCrecording eforecompletinghi incidentreport.The upervi orconductingtheR2Rreview hallreviewvideorecording ofallR2R
incident .
Ifano ceri una letouploadthe WCvideotothede ignated erverduetoillne orinjur ,the upervi orwhoha eenmadeawareof
theo cer' ina ilit touploadthevideo hall ere pon i leforen uringthatthevideoi uploadeda oona practica le.
Incriticalincident ucha o cer-involved hooting ,in-cu tod death ,orothero cer-involvedincident thatre ultinaper on' eriou
odil injur ordeath,a upervi or halltakecu tod ofallinvolved WC atthe ceneanden urethatthe aretran ferredtoHomicide
Divi ionorInternalA air Divi ion.IfHomicideorInternalA air donotmakethe cene,thenthe upervi or hallen urethatallvideo
fromtheinvolved WC areuploaded.O cer involvedinthecriticalincident hallnot eta kedwithuploadingthe WCrecording related
tothatincident.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Jack onville heri O ce(J O)pu li he it mo trecentpu licl availa le WCpolic onit we iteundera
ectiondedicatedto od worncamera .J O mo trecent WCPolic i datedJul 28,2017.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Jack onville Odoe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)to earch
footage.
La Vega MetropolitanPoliceDepartment
GeneralProcedure
...
O cer hallcontinuerecordinguntilthe announceoncamerathatthe aredeactivatingtheir WC.The ein tance are:
Undertheexception a ove.O cer mu t tatethe peci crea on( )the areturningo theircamera eforedoing o;...
CameraDeplo ment
...
.8.Ifano cerfail toactivatethe WCorthe WCmalfunction ,theo cerwilldocumentthecircum tance andrea ona aclo ing
commenttotheeventontheMDTandinan applica lereport .
GeneralProcedure
...O cer arenotrequiredtoo taincon enttovideo/audiorecord(exceptintheca eofvictim /or[ ic]witne e orcon en ualentrie
a addre ed elow)....O cer houldre trictrecordingtoarea andper on nece ar inordertoo tainevidenceandinformation
relevanttotheincidentand houldattempttominimizecollateralintru iontotho enotinvolved.
Oncethe WCi activated,recordingwillcontinueuntiltheeventha concluded;thefollowingareexception :
1.Whenprivac concern outweighlegitimatelawenforcementintere t (e.g.child exuala ault,pre enceofchildpornograph ,etc.),
andthea enceofa WCrecordingwillnota ecttheinve tigation;
Victim andWitne e
...Ifano ceri approached avictimorawitne whoaregivingtheir r taccountofacrimetheo cerma recordtheencounter ut
theneed ofthe eindividual andthe en itivit tothenatureofthecrime eingreported hould econ ideredindecidingtocontinue
recording....O cer willdocumentthecon entornon-con entontherecordingatthetimeofthe r taccount tatement.Intheca eof
crime , ucha exuala ault,where en itivit tothevictimi paramount,o cer mu tgettheexplicitpermi ionforrecordingofthe r t
contact tatementfromthevictimandthi will edocumentedontherecording.Ifthevictimi inan wa un ureoftheneedforthe
recordingto emadeori uncomforta lewiththethoughtof eingrecordedthentheo cer houldnotrecordthe tatement.Ifavictimor
witne doe notcon entto eingrecordedonan eventtheo cerma con idera kingthe u jectifthe wouldagreetotheoptionto
divertthecameraawa andrecordingonl audio.
JuvenileRecording
Iti recognizedthatvideoimage ofjuvenileo ender willattime erecorded the WCwhenre pondingtocall for erviceorduring
thecour eofaninve tigation. ecau eofthi ,o cer hallprotectvideorecording ofjuvenile the amea tillphotograph ofjuvenile ..
..Juvenilevictim orwitne e toacrimewillonl erecordedwiththepermi ionofaparentorlegalguardianpre entatthetimeofthe
recording.Thi permi ionmu t edocumentedontherecording.Ifcon enti notgivento eingrecordedtheo cerma con iderthe
optiontodivertthecameraawa fromthe u jectandrecordingonl audio.
en itiveLocation
WCo cer hould emindfuloflocation whererecordingma econ ideredin en itive,inappropriate,orprohi ited privatepolicie .
uchlocation includeplace ofwor hip,religiou ceremonie ,certainlocation inho pital orclinic ,lawo ce ,da carefacilitie ,etc.The
pre enceof,andrecording , WC ma not epracticaleventhougho cer ma havealegalrea onto epre entandconductpu lic
afet u ine .At uchlocation ,attheo cer di cretionand a edonthecircum tance , WC ma eturnedo .O cer mu t tate
therea onthe areturningo thecamera eforedoing o.Theo cerma con idertheoptiontodivertthecameraawa froman u ject
andrecordingonl audioifappropriate.
...O cer willalwa informindividual thatthe are eingrecordedatthe eginningofthecontactwheneveriti po i le, afeand
practicaltodo o(e.g.Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.)...
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
O cerInvolved hooting
Followingano cerinvolved hooting,orotheru eofdeadl force,involvedper onneloran upervi or hallnotviewthe WCrecordingon
an deviceorcomputerpriortoFITorCIRTviewingthefootage.
Involvedo cer hall eallowedtoviewtheirown WCrecordingpriortoa cenewalkthroughand u equentFIT/CIRT tatement;
Witne o cer hall eallowedtoviewtheirown WCrecordingpriortoa cenewalkthroughand u equentFIT/CIRT tatement;...
R CORD DDATAACC ANDR VI W
...
1.OFFIC RACC -O cer ma viewtheirown WCrecording a the relateto:
a.Theirinvolvementinanincidentforthepurpo e ofcompletinganinve tigationandpreparingo cialreport .Tohelpen ureaccurac
andcon i tenc ,o cer areencouragedtoreviewthe WCrecordingpriortopreparingreport ;
.Priortocourttorefre hrecollection.NOT :O cer willen urethatthepro ecutingattorne i awarethe WCrecordingwa
reviewed;
c.Providinga tatementpur uanttoaninternalinve tigation,includingo cerinvolved hootinginve tigation andothercritical
incident .NOT :Followingano cerinvolved hootingorothercriticalincident,involvedper onnel hallnotviewtheir WCrecording
onan deviceorcomputerpriortothe WCrecording einguploadedinto vidence.com.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
5)Allreque t fordigitalevidence thepu licwill ehandledinaccordancewiththeL PDPu licRecord Reque tActPolic .Thi willnot
preclude upervi or anddetective from howingdigitalevidencetothepu lictofurtheraninve tigationorinve tigateaper onnel
complaint.
TheWV hall eu edtorecordallcall for erviceandlawenforcementactivitie /encounter (e.g.arre t ,citation , top ,pur uit ,Code3
operation /re pon e , earche , eizure ,interview ,identi cation ,u eofforceincident ,colli ion ,tran port ,warrant ,etc.).O cer
willactivatetheirWV inrecordingmodewhenthe acknowledgeacallfor erviceorpriortoengaginginan otherlawenforcementactivit
orencounter.O cer willverif thattheirWV i functioninginrecordingmode li teningfortheaudi letoneand/orcheckingthevi i le
lightindicator.Inextremel rare ituation ,anencounterma e uddenandunanticipated.Ifano ceri involvedina uddenand
unanticipatedincidentwhereexigent afet concern preventtheimmediateactivationofhi /herWV ,he/ he hallactivatetheWV atthe
r topportunit ,wheniti afetodo o,inordertocapturetheimmediateaftermathofthe ituation.
TheWV hallnot eu edin ideofLoui villeMetroYouthDetention ervice (LMYD ).O cer arerequiredtoturno theirWV priorto
enteringthefacilit .
choolRe ourceO cer ( RO )whoarei uedaWV hallonl recordlegitimatelawenforcementactivitie whileon choolpropert or
during chool-relatedevent ...
TheWV hallnot eu edinplace whereanexceptionalexpectationofprivac exi t (e.g.re troom ,lockerroom ,dre ingroom ,etc.)
unle therecordingi requiredfora peci clawenforcementactivit .O cer havetherighttorecordifthe havealegalrightto eat,or
in,thelocation(e.g.re pondingtoacallfor ervice,pur uanttoavalid earchwarrant,con entofthere ident,etc.).
O cer ma erequiredtoturno theirWV atan ho pitalormedicalfacilit atthereque tofthemedical ta ,unle the areengaging
inalawenforcementactivit orencounter(e.g.active hooter,unrul patient/vi itor,etc.).
...
O cer hallu etheirWV torecordallcon ent earche intheirentiret .Thi include recordingthe u jectgivingcon enttothe earch.
...
Whenconducting trip earche ,o cer hallvideoandaudiorecorda360degreeviewofthelocationwherethe trip earchi taking
place.However,o cer hallonl recordtheaudioportionoftheactual trip earch po itioningthecameraawa fromtheper onon
whomthe trip earchi eingconducted.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Whilethepolic doe notexplicitl prohi itunauthorizedacce ,itdoe include everalprovi ion controlling
acce tofootage.(4.31.15;4.31.5-6)
The vidence.com torage temmaintain anauditlogthatdocument thevideo thathave eenviewedandan action taken LMPD
mem er ....
Openrecord reque t forcopie ofrecording ,fromper on oragencie out ideoftheLMPD, hall edirected,inwriting,totheOpen
Record Unit.Openrecord reque t u mitted themedia hall edirected,inwriting,toLMPDMediaandPu licRelation O ce(KACP
20.2 ).An part ofarecordingthatinfringeonanindividual privac right orma compromi eaninve tigationma eredacted.
Recording providedtoper on oragencie out ideoftheLMPD hall eduplicatedonnewtape ordi c andwill eprovided the
departmentforarea ona lefee.Theunauthorizedduplicationofrecording i prohi ited.
Onl thatportionofarecordingwhichcontain a peci ccontactinque tionma ereproduced.
LAPDho t themo trecentver ionofit WCpolic onit we ite, utiti notea to ndanddoe nt howup
inthewe ite earchfunction.Thepolic doe howupwhen earchingLAPD od worncamerapolic in
external earchengine .Thi ver ionwa approved the oardofPoliceCommi ioner onApril28,2015.
III.WH NACTIVATIONOF ODYWORNVID O QUIPM NTI R QUIR D.O cer hallactivatetheir WVdevice priortoinitiatingan
inve tigativeorenforcementactivit involvingamem erofthepu lic,includingall:
Vehicle top ;
Pede trian top (includingo cer-initiatedcon en ualencounter );
Call for ervice;
Code3re pon e (includingvehiclepur uit )regardle ofwhetherthevehiclei equippedwithIn-CarVideoequipment;
Footpur uit ;
earche ;
Arre t ;
U e offorce;
In-cu tod tran port ;
Witne andvictiminterview (excepta peci ed elow);
Crowdmanagementandcontrolinvolvingenforcementorinve tigativecontact ;and,
Otherinve tigativeorenforcementactivitie where,intheo cer' judgment,avideorecordingwoulda i tintheinve tigationor
pro ecutionofacrimeorwhenarecordingofanencounterwoulda i tindocumentingtheincidentforlaterinve tigationorreview.
...
V.R CORDINGOFTH NTIR CONTACT.The WV hallcontinuerecordinguntiltheinve tigativeorenforcementactivit involvinga
mem erofthepu licha ended.Ifenforcementorinve tigativeactivit withamem erofthepu licre ume ,theo cer hallactivatethe
WVdeviceandcontinuerecording.
LAPDencourage o cer tonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, uto cer donotneedtoo tain
con ent.(IX)
IX.NOTIC TOM M R OFTH PU LICOFR CORDING.O cer areencouragedtoinformindividual thatthe are eingrecordedwhen
fea i le.O cer ,however,arenotrequiredtoo taincon entfrommem er ofthepu licwhentheo ceri lawfull intheareawherethe
recordingtake place.Forexample,ano cerwholawfull enter a u ine orre idence hallrecordan enforcementorinve tigative
activit ,a etfortha ove,andi notrequiredtoo taincon entfrommem er ofthepu licwhoma al o epre ent.Inaddition,o cer
arenotrequiredtopla ack WVrecording toallowmem er ofthepu lictoreviewthevideofootage.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
XVIII.VI WINGOF ODYWORNVID OR CORDING YOFFIC R .Theaccurac ofpolicereport ,o cer tatement ,andothero cial
documentationi e entialfortheproperadmini trationofju ticeandcompl ingwiththeDepartment' o ligationtomaintainfulland
completerecord ofenforcementandinve tigativeactivitie .Inve tigator , upervi or ,pro ecutor ,andothero cial rel oncomplete
andaccuraterecord toperformtheire entialdutie andre pon i ilitie .O cer arethereforerequiredtoreview WVrecording ontheir
a igneddeviceorauthorizedcomputerpriortodocumentinganincident,arre t, earch,interview,u eofforce,orotherenforcementor
inve tigativeactivit toen urethattheirreport , tatement ,anddocumentationareaccurateandcomplete.
XIX.PROC DUR FORR VI WING ODYWORNVID OR CORDING INCAT GORICALU OFFORC INCID NT .Ifano ceri
involvedinaCategoricalU eofForce(CUOF), ucha ano cer-involved hooting,ano cer hallnotreviewhi orher WVuntilauthorized
thea ignedForceInve tigationDivi ion(FID)inve tigator.Onceauthorized,theo cer hallreviewhi orher WVrecording,andan
otherrelevant WVfootagea deemednece ar andappropriate thea ignedFID upervi or,priorto einginterviewed
inve tigator .Ano cerma haveanemplo eerepre entativepre entduringthereviewofthe WVrecording withouttheFIDinve tigator
or upervi orpre ent.The eparatingandmonitoringofo cer involvedinaCUOF hall emaintainedduringthereviewof WVrecording
andareview hallnotoccurjointl amonginvolvedemplo ee .
Limit RetentionofFootage
LAPDdoe notdirectl addre footageretention.Itonl mention thatcommandingo cer arere pon i lefor.
..en uringadherencetorecordretentionprotocol ...withoutreferencetowhattho eprotocol are.(XXVII)
XXVII.COMMANDINGOFFIC R R PON I ILITI ....Areacommandingo cer areal ore pon i lefor upervi ingtheproper
maintenanceanddi po itionofdivi ionrecord ,en uringadherencetorecordretentionprotocol andproperl lingall WVdocument for
futurereference.
VII.CONFID NTIALNATUR OFR CORDING ....Unauthorizedu eorrelea eof WVrecording ma compromi eongoingcriminaland
admini trativeinve tigation orviolatetheprivac right oftho erecorded.Therefore,an unauthorizedu eorrelea eof WVorother
violationofcon dentialit law andDepartmentpolicie arecon idered eriou mi conductand u jecttodi ciplinar action.
VIII.PROHI ITIONAGAIN TMODIFICATIONOFR CORDING .O cer hallnotcop ,edit,alter,era e,orotherwi emodif inan manner
WVrecording excepta authorized laworDepartmentpolic .An violationofthi provi ioni con idered eriou mi conductand
u jecttodi ciplinar action....
...
XII.PROP RTYOFTH D PARTM NT. od WornVideoequipmentandalldata,image ,video,andmetadatacaptured,recorded,or
otherwi eproducedi the olepropert oftheDepartmentandan unauthorizedrelea ei trictl prohi ited.
Make FootageAvaila letoIndividual FilingComplaint
Lo Angele Count heri Department(LA D)doe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,a
ver ionofit polic wa foundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic wa la t
revi ed eptem er27,2012.
Rea ona leattempt hould emadetorecord igni cantincident withaporta levideocameraincluding, utnotlimitedto,thefollowing:
Inmatedi tur ance ,
Cellextraction ,
Recalcitrantinmate ,
Applicationofre traint ,
Medicalremoval whichpo ea igni cantri korhavethepotentialto ecomeviolent,
U eofforce Departmentper onnel,
Hou ingareaorfacilit earche ,
An incident/eventwhichma po eri kmanagementand/orlia ilit i ue ,
All mergenc Re pon eTeam( RT)activation ,exceptfortrainingexerci e .
Thepolic doe notaddre per onalprivac concern andactuall encourage recordingin en itivemedical
ituation (RecordingIncident withaPorta leVideoCamera)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Data tem ureau(D )i re pon i lefore ta li hingprotocol governingthe ecurit andremotemonitoringof erverroom ateach
facilit .Theroom hallremainlockedand hallnot eacce ed unitper onnel,exceptinca eofemergenc ,orattheimmediate
directionofD .
IV.C.10.Whenrecordingvictim andwitne e in en itive ituation ucha exuala aultca e ,inho pital orothermedicalorp chiatric
facilitie ,o cer hall ecarefultoavoid,whenpo i le,recordingper on in tate ofundre .
...
V.C.The WCwillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom orre troom ,unle the
activationi forthepurpo eofo ciallawenforcementactivit ucha acallfor ervice.Whenpo i le,ever precaution hall etakento
re pectthedignit ofthevictim avoidingrecordingvideo ofper on whoarenudeorwhen en itivearea areexpo ed.Ifthi i
unavoida le,thevideocanlater e lurred.
utwhileo cer mu tinform u ject thatthe are eingrecorded,thepolic doe notexpre l allow u ject
tooptoutofrecording.(IV.C.5)
5.Unle un afe,impracticalorimpo i leo cer hallinformcontact u ject thatthe are eingrecordedatthe eginningofthecontact
(e.g.Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
F.O cer areauthorizedtoreviewtheirown WCwhenpreparingo cialwrittendocumentationofa peci cevent.O cer ma onl review
recording fromtheira igned WC.Theviewingwill eutilizeda atoolwhencompletingwrittenreport toen uretheaccurac and
con i tenc ofevent ....
Limit RetentionofFootage
OperationalGuideline
...
O cer willmakeever e orttoplacetheOn-O cer od Camerainthe ventModea oona practicalduringlawenforcement
activitie .
...
U eGuideline
Activation:
O cer willactivatetheOn-O cer od Camerawhenre pondingtoacallorhavean contactwiththepu lic.Thi include , uti
notlimitedtothefollowingevent :
Allcall for ervice.
Code3Driving,FailuretoYieldincident andVehiclePur uit .oTra c top andcitizencontact .
Impaireddriverinve tigation .
Accident cene .
Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen foran rea on.
An timeano cerdeem iti appropriatetorecord.
All earche (Per on ,Vehicle , tructure ,etc.)
tatement made u ject ,victim ,andwitne e .
Advi inganindividualofhi /herMirandaRight .
Duringinterrogation .
Othero ciallawenforcementactivit .
Onceactivated,o cer willcontinuetorecorduntilthecompletionoftheevent,exceptforin tance outlinedintheorder.
...
Additionalarrivingunit toa cenea ignedanOn-O cer od Camerawill eginrecordinga oona practical,andcontinueto
recorduntilthecompletionoftheevent,orthe haveleftthe cene(thi include recordingof tatement ).
Re triction
...
TheOn-O cer od Camerawillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha dre ingroom
orre troom .
O cer hallonl recordajuvenileduringora partofalawenforcementinve tigationa pre cri edintheParent illofRight
outlinedinAR 1-602(9).
U eGuideline
Activation:
...
Con iderationma egivenwhenavictimreque t notto erecorded.Thereque tto toprecordinganevent hould erecorded.
Contactanon-dut upervi orforre olution,ifneeded.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Review:
O cer ma u emediacapturedviatheOn-O cer od Cameratoa i twiththeinve tigationandcompletionofreport .
O cer involvedinanOI incident(involvedandwitne o cer )ma reviewmediacapturedfromanOn-O cer od camera;
however,o cer hallnotreviewmediauntilapproved theHomicideUnit ergeantorde ignee.O cer will eprovidedan
opportunit toreviewthemedia,ifthe choo e,priortomakingan tatement inaccordancewithDPM2.1.10PoliceIncident
InvolvingDeath/ eriou Injur ,unle otherwi edecided theChiefofPolice(COP)orde igneeorunle ithinder the
inve tigation.
O cer ma reviewmediacapturedfromanOn-O cer od Camera eforemakingan tatement inanInternalA air
inve tigationunle otherwi edecided theChiefofPolice(COP)orde igneeorunle ithinder theinternalinve tigation.
...
Documentation&Reporting
GeneralGuideline :
On-O cer od Camerarecording areintendedto upplementDepartmentReport (DR ). u mittedreport are tillrequiredto
capturethetotalit oftheevent.
WhentheOn-O cer od Camerai u edinan inve tigationorduringapolicecontact:
It u ewill edocumentedonan citationand/orreportpreparedregardingthecontact.
Theprimar o cer(whethera ignedacameraornot)willdocumentthepre enceofthecameraan timeaDepartmentReport
(DR#)i generatedfromthatcontact(IncidentorAccidentReport).
Primar O cer(Non-AxonandAxonU er ):
WhenpreparinganRM IncidentReport, upplementalReport,AccidentReport,CivilProce Report,CitationReport,orField
Interview(FI)Card,inconnectionwithaninve tigationorpoliceevent,thefollowingdetail oftheOn-O cer od Camerarecording
hould eincludedinthatreport/contactcard.
Check"On- od Camera"intheRM module.IndicatethatanOn-O cer od Camerarecordingwa madein r tlineofthe
narrative,andinclude:
Thedateandtimeoftherecording.
Theper on( )recorded.
Therea onfortherecording.(i.e.:tra c top,criminalinve tigation, eldcontact,etc.).
Limit RetentionofFootage
Re triction
...
Acce ing,cop ing,po tingorrelea ingon-o cer od camerarecording forotherthano ciallawenforcementpurpo e are
prohi itedand u jecttodi cipline.
...
O cer hallnotmakecopie ofan On-O cer od Camerarecordingfortheirper onalu e.
...
torage/ videntiar Guideline
...
Donotera e,alterortamperwithan cameraorcollecteddata.
In pectionandAudit
upervi or willconductrandomreview ofOn-O cer od Camerarecording toen urecamerai functioningproperl andu ei
con i tentwithDepartmentpolic ....
Re triction
...
Recordingcopie can ereque tedthroughpu licrecord reque ta outlinedinDPM3.3.70Pu licRecord Reque t.
Retention&Pu licRelea e
...
Therelea eofinformationreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill e u jecttothe ame tatutor exemption from
di clo urea an otherdepartmentalrecord .
Priortorelea ingan On-O cer od Camerarecording ,o cer anda ectedmem er willen ureproperredactioni completed.
6.3R PON I ILITI :An o cer utilizing WCequipment hallen urethedevicei inworkingorderpriorto tartingtheirtourofdut
and hallactivatethe WCatalltime whenthe ecomeinvolvedinenforcementaction,orengagedinan elf-initiatedinteraction with
citizen ...
6.4.2.2U eofandRecordingwiththe WC:(CAL A41.3.8 )
...
c)TheDepartmentrecognize thato cer afet i paramount.O cer witha WCwhoarriveona ceneorengageinanenforcement
contactmu t tartrecordinga oona iti afeandpracticaltodo o.Ifmultipleo cer areon cenewitha WC,allo cer witha WC
willrecord.
d)O cer witha WC hallactivatetheir WCforallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact including, utnotlimitedto:
1.Re pondingtocall for erviceinanemergenc mode
2.Allvehiclepur uit ,orfootpur uit
3.Alltra c top includingtheinve tigationofavehicleandvehicleoccupant
4.All earche including, utnotlimitedto,people,vehicle,and uilding
5.Allreque t foracon entto earchwithoutawarrant,including earche ofper on , uilding ,orvehicle
6.Allreque t for earche anddeplo ment ofdrugdetectioncanine involvingvehicle ,whenpractical
7.Allarre t and/orcitation
8. tatement fromvictim /witne e
9.An incidentuponthedirectionofa upervi or,atthereque tofanotherpoliceo cer,oran timetheo cer deem itappropriateto
activatethe od camera
10.O cer hallonl u etheDepartmenti ued WCequipmenttorecordo cialDepartmentalactivitie
11.An otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact
O cer re pondingtothe et pe ofincident hallactivatethe WCequipmentpriortoexitingtheirvehicle.
e)O cer a igneda WCandwithapri onerinanMPDpri onerproce areawillrecorduntileitherthedetentiono cerrelea e the
o cerorthepri oneri putintoacell.
f)RecordingattheMiamiDadeCorrection facilitie willcea euponentr tothefacilit unle approved MiamiDadeCorrection ta .
h)Whilenotrequired polic or tatelaw,o cer a igneda WCma nditvalua letoinformotherpartie thatthe are eingrecorded.
Thi ha provento ein uentialingarneringcooperationof u ject andha een howntoreduceincident ofu eofforce.
k)O cer willactivateordeactivatethe WCpur uanttothi DepartmentOrderandnotuponthereque tofacitizen.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
6.4.4CRITICALINCID NTPROTOCOL:
6.4.4.1Acriticalincidentforthepurpo e ofthi departmentalorderi an policeactionoractivit thatdirectl orindirectl re ult in
eriou odil injur ordeathtoano cerand/oracitizen.
6.4.4.2Intheeventofacriticalincident,o cer a igneda WCi refrainedfromviewingtherecordeddatauntiltheinve tigativeentit
re pon i lefortheinve tigationarrive on cene.Thi ectiondoe notprohi ito cer incriticalincident withongoingexigenc from
viewing WCrecording thatma aidthepre entinve tigation(e.g., u pectde cription , u pectvehicle ,directionoftravel).(CAL A
41.3.8c)
6.4.4.3Ifthereare WC inu eduringacriticalincident,apolice upervi ororaninve tigatora ignedtotheInternalA air ectionand
notinvolvedintheactualcriticalincidentwillimmediatel takeph icalcu tod ofan WC thatma havecapturedtheincident.The
inve tigatorwillcontacttheVirtualPolicingUnittohaveano cerre pondandfacilitatewiththevideouploadedfromthe WCintothe
evidencemanagement tem( M )withoutdela andprovidecopie a authorized.
6.4.4.4O cer will ea letoreviewvideo eforegivingan tatement .(CAL A41.3.8c)
6.4.7D PARTM NTR VI W/TRAINING
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) apoliceo cerviewingtheirindividuall a ignedrecording toa i twithwritingareport, upplement,citation,memorandumor
courtca epreparation.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Thefollowingrecordingcategorie areto eu ed
Categorie RetentionDuration
1Uncategorized180Da
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6.4.8.4O cer willnotallowcitizen toreviewvideocaptured a WCunle therei aninve tigativerea ontodo oand uchviewingha
eenapproved a upervi or.O cer halladvi ecitizen thatthe ma reque tacop oftherecordingthroughthepu licrecord
proce .
6.4.8.5Therelea eofvideoreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill ehandledinaccordancewithexi tingpolic .TheCit ofMiami
PoliceDepartmentwillfollowthePu licRecord LawChapter119.Reproductionfee forduplicationofrecording will ee ta li hed the
Cit ofMiamiRecord Unit.
MDPD polic later tate thato cer houldactivatetheir od WornCamera priortoengaginginan o cial
lawenforcementmatterwhichitgoe ontoli t.(VII. )
O cer houldactivatethe WCpriortoexitingtheira ignedvehicle ,ora oona practica le,whenre pondingtoacallfor erviceor
priortoengaginginan o ciallawenforcementmatter,a de nedin ectionV.(H)anda indicated elow:
1.Tra c top .
2.Citizencontact relatedtoo ciallawenforcementmatter .
3.Impaireddriverinve tigation .
4.Vehiclepur uit /footpur uit .
5.Allcall -for- ervice.
6.Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen( )foran rea on.
7.All earche (per on ,vehicle , tructure ,etc.)
8.Arre t ituation .
9.Otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact whentheo cer elieve iti inthe e tintere toftheDepartmentandthecommunit .
Wheno cer failtorecord,o cer mu tju tif thefailureinwritingandnotif their upervi or.(VI. )
Inlocation wherevictim havearea ona leexpectationofprivac , ucha are idence,ho pital,orplaceofwor hip,ano cerma honora
victim reque ttoturno the WCunle therecordingi eingmadepur uanttoanarre tor earchofthere idenceortheindividual .
upervi or noti cationmu t emadeattheconclu ionoftheeventwhenareque ti honored.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
A.Duringthecour eofa hift,o cer equippedwith WC tem ma encounter ituation wherecriticalincident or pecial
circum tance arecapturedonvideo.Tho e ituation requireanimmediatere pon efrominve tigativeunit andinclude, utarenot
limitedto,thefollowing:
1.Contactpolice hooting .
2.Non-contactpolice hooting .
3.In-cu tod death .
4.O cerinvolvedtra ccra he withfatalitie or eriou injurie .
5.On- cenecomplaint ofexce iveforce.
6.O cer u er eriou injur ordeathinthelineofdut .
.Duringthe ecircum tance ,o cer equippedwith WC tem thatcapturedtheincidentwill toprecording poweringdownthe
deviceattheconclu ionoftheevent.The WC temwillremaina xedtotheo cer( )inthe amepo itiona itwa a xedthroughout
theevent,and hallnot ehandledinan fa hionunle emergenc medicalattentioni nece ar ,requiringthatthedevice eremoved.
Theleadinve tigatorfromtheinve tigativeunitoragenc willretrievethe WCdevicefromtheo cer( )andproce itaccordingto
agenc tandard forhandlingevidence.Inaddition,theleadinve tigatororde igneewillal ocoordinatethere pon eofaC I
upervi or.Whowill ere pon i lefortherecover and torageofalldataevidencecapturedonthedevice.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Non-evidentiar data hall eretainedforatlea t90da ,ora longa neededforadmini trativeinve tigation orlitigation.
MDPD polic require aminimumretentionperiodforevidentiar data, utdoe notmandateamaximumperiod
ofretention.(Addendum.1-11)
RetentionPeriod Categor :
1.Tra c top 6month
2.Citizencontact relatedtoo ciallawenforcementmatter90da .
3.Impaireddriverinve tigation 3 ear .
4.Vehiclepur uit /footpur uit 1 earunle arre t,thenthearre tretentionapplie .
5.AllCall -for- ervice90da .
6.Tran portationofan pri oner( )orcitizen( )foran rea on6month .
7.All earche (per on ,vehicle , tructure ,etc.)90da unle arre t,thenthearre tretentionapplie .
8.Felon Arre t 5 ear oruntil naldi po itionofca e,whicheveri later.
9.Mi demeanorArre t 3 ear oruntil naldi po itionofca e,whicheveri later.
10.Otherlegitimatelawenforcementcontact whentheo cer elieve iti inthe e tintere toftheDepartmentandthecommunit
untilmanuall deleted.
11.Doe notmeeta ovecriteria90da .
WCdatama onl edi eminatedforo cialpurpo e ora otherwi epermitted applica lelaw.
O cer willnotallowcitizen toreviewrecording onthe cene.A upervi or hall enoti edifacitizenin i t onviewingtherecordingon
the cene.The upervi orwillexplaintheproceduretoo tainorviewacop ofthefootage.
A. WCdatacaptureda partofaDepartmentmem er dutie hall epropert oftheMDPDand econ ideredano cialpu licrecordof
theDepartment.
.Therelea eof WCdatathroughapu licrecord reque torlegalauthorit hall egoverned applica lelaw.
MilwaukeePD ugge t ut top hortofrequiringthato cer inform u ject thatthe are eingrecorded.
Thepolic doe notexpre l allow u ject tooptoutofrecording.(747.25.C.2.h)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
1....Recording ma ereviewed:
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. apolicemem erviewingtheirindividuall a ignedrecording toa i twithwritingareport, upplement,citation,
memorandumorcourtca epreparation.
Limit RetentionofFootage
2.RecordingManagementCategorie
a.Thefollowingrecordingcategorie areto eu ed.
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2.Incident-NoO cialPoliceActionTaken/CallAdvi ed
a.Allvideo le thathavecontactwiththepu lichavingnoimmediateevidentiar valueatthetimeofrecording
will e avedinthi categor .
.An lenottaggedintoanothercategor amem erwill eplacedintothi categor .
c.File retainedinthi categor will epre ervedfor130da fromthedateofrecording.
MilwaukeePDprohi it unauthorizedacce tofootage, utdoe notexpre l prohi ito cer frommodif ing,
deleting,orotherwi etamperingwithfootage.Thepolic al odoe notindicatethatacce torecordedfootage
will eloggedoraudited.(747.25.J.2)
4.Mem er willnotallowcitizen toreviewvideocaptured a WCunle therei aninve tigativerea ontodo oand uch
viewingha eenapproved a upervi or.Mem er halladvi ecitizen thatthe ma reque tacop oftherecording
throughthepu licrecord proce .
5.Therelea eofvideoreque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill ehandledinaccordancewithexi tingpolic andpu lic
record law .Reproductionfee forduplicationofrecording will ee ta li hed theCit ofMilwaukee....
6.Priortotherelea eofan WCrecordingtothepu lic,OpenRecord willen urethatproperredaction have eenmadein
accordancewith tatelaw.
Minneapoli PDpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit WCpolic onit we ite.Thepolic can
efoundinthedepartment onlinePolic &ProcedureManuala ection4-223on od WornCamera .Themo t
recentpolic i datedJul 29,2017.
.Activation
1.ActivationRequired
a.When afetodo o,o cer hallmanuall activatethe WCduringthe ituation .
Tra c top .
u piciou Per on top .
u piciou vehicle top .
An vehicularre pon erequiringemergenc drivinga de ned MPDP/P7-402,oremergenc re pon ea de ned MPD
P/P7-403.
Vehiclepur uit .
Work-relatedtran port notinvolvingride-alongoranotherCit emplo eeintheiro cialcapacit a aCit emplo ee.
An earch,including utnotlimitedto earche ofvehicle ,per on,and uilding .
An contactinvolvingcriminalactivit .
An contactinvolvingph icalorver alconfrontation .
An contactthati ,or ecome adver arial.
Whenadvi ingaper onoftheirMirandaright .
Whenorderedto a upervi or.
Priortoan u eofforce.Ifa WCi notactivatedpriortoau eofforce,it hall eactivateda oona iti afetodo o.
An tacticalentr orforceentr into uilding,unle a upervi orha determinedinadvancethatthevideooraudiodata
couldre ultinthedi clo ureofoperationalortacticalinformationthatwouldcompromi ethee ectivene offuture
action orjeopardizeo cer afet .
.Activation halloccura oona po i le, ut eforean citizencontact.
i.Ifa ituationchange torequireactivation,theo cer hallimmediatel activatethe WCa oona iti afetodo o.
c.All trip earche hall erecorded atlea toneper onpre entduringtheentiret ofthe trip earch,includingallpre- earch
in truction providedtotheper on eing earched.
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2.ActivationwithO cerDi cretion
a.O cer ma activatethe WCinthefollowing ituation :
Generalcitizencontact wheretheo cerfeel thatrecordingi appropriate.
An timeano cerfeel iti appropriatetopre erveaudio/vi ualdatawhentakinga tatementfromavictim, u pector
witne ....
F.Deactivation
1.Onceactivated,the WC hall eleftintherecordmodeuntiltheconclu ionoftheevent.Theconclu ionoftheeventoccur when
eithertheo cerorcitizen( )ha leftthe ceneoradetentionortran portha concluded.
2.Notwith tandingthea ove,onceaneventha een ta ilizedandiftheo cerrea ona l elieve therei nolongernece ar audio
orvi ualevidencetocapture,andthatnoneofthecircum tance requiringactivationwilllikel occur,the WCma edeactivated
duringactivitie ucha :(07/29/17)
Monitoringa ignedtra cpo t .
Toprotecttheidentit ofano cerinanundercovercapacit .
Toprotecttheidentit ofacon dentialrelia leinformant.
Theincidentoreventi of uchdurationthatiti nece ar todeactivatethe WCtocon ervepoweror torage.Ifiti nece ar
todi cu i ue urroundingtheincident/inve tigationwitha upervi ororanothero cerinprivate,o cer ma turno their
WC.Thi include di cu ion etweenFieldTrainingO cer witho cer intrainingthatare peci ctotrainingi ue .
Ifareque ti madefora WCto eturnedo apart eingcontacted,theo cer houldtakeintoaccounttheoverall
circum tance andwhati mo t ene cialtoallinvolved, eforedecidingtohonorthereque t.Forexample,ano cerma
choo etoturno the WCifit operationi inhi itingavictimorwitne fromgivinga tatement.Factor tocon iderma
includethet peofcallandthevulnera ilit ofthevictim, ucha thevictimofa exuala ault.
Whenorderedto a upervi or. oththeo cerand upervi or halldocumenttherea onforthedeactivationa de cri edin
theReportWriting ectionofthi polic .
.Activation
1.ActivationRequired
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d.Iftherei afailuretoactivatethe WCinan ofthea ove ituation ,theO cer halldocumenttherea on forthefailureinthe
O cer reportor upplement.
i.Ifareporti notprepared,therea on forthefailuretoactivate hall edocumentedviaaddedremark inComputerAided
Di patch(CAD).
F.Deactivation
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3.Whena WCi deactivatedpriortotheconclu ionofanevent,o cer hallde cri etherea on narrationpriortodeactivation.
(07/29/17)
a.Ifareporti prepared,thedeactivationandtherea on hallal o edocumentedintheo cer reportor upplement.
.Ifareporti notprepared,therea onforthedeactivation hall edocumentedviaaddedremark inComputerAidedDi patch
(CAD).
G.ReportWriting
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2.Ano cer halldocumentthefollowinginhi orherreport:
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Ifthe WCwa deactivatedpriortotheconclu ionoftheevent,thefactthatthe WCwa deactivatedandtherea on of
deactivation.
.1.c.All trip earche hall erecorded atlea toneper onpre entduringtheentiret ofthe trip earch,includingallpre- earch
in truction providedtotheper on eing earched.
i.Thecamera hall epo itionedtoen urethatonl theaudiodatai collectedandthattheper on eing earchedi notcapturedon
video.
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F.2....the WCma edeactivatedduringactivitie ucha :...
Ifareque ti madefora WCto eturnedo apart eingcontacted,theo cer houldtakeintoaccounttheoverall
circum tance andwhati mo t ene cialtoallinvolved, eforedecidingtohonorthereque t.Forexample,ano cerma choo eto
turno the WCifit operationi inhi itingavictimorwitne fromgivinga tatement.Factor tocon iderma includethet peof
callandvulnera ilit ofthevictim, ucha thevictimofa exuala ault.
Thepolic al oencourage ( utdoe notrequire)o cer tonotif mem er ofthepu licthatthe are eing
recorded.(IV.A.12)
12.Whenfea i le,o cer areencouragedtoinformmem er ofthepu licthatthe are eingrecorded.
a.Ifa ked,o cer houldinformtho einquiringthataudio-videorecordingequipmenti inu e,unle doing owould eun afefor
o cerand/ormem er ofthepu lic.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
G.ReportWriting
1.Toen uretheaccurac ofreport ,ano cer houldreviewaudioandvideodata eforemakingareportor tatement.
J.CriticalIncident
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3.Inan CriticalIncident,videoandaudiodata hallnot eacce edunle approved thea ignedinve tigatingagenc .
Limit RetentionofFootage
Categor RetentionPeriod
Training 90Da
Te t/ tartCheck 1Year
U eofForce 7Year
.Re triction
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4.Di a ling WCequipment,intentionall interferingwithaudioorvideorecordingcapa ilitie ,andaltering,duplicating,deletingor
de tro ing WCrecording areprohi ited,except AuthorizedPer onnelinthecour eand copeoftheirlawfuljo dutie andin
accordancewithrecordretentionlaw andpolicie andtheprovi ion ofthi polic .Onl theChiefandhi orherde igneecan
de ignate uchAuthorizedPer onnel.
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I.Acce to WCDataandReque t forDuplicationofRecording
1.All WCrecording arethepropert oftheMPDandoriginal WCrecording hallremaininthe olecu tod oftheMPD,unle
nece ar forthepreparationofcivil,criminaloradmini trativematter ,u edincourta evidence,providedtoanexpertforanal i ,
providedtoanotherlawenforcementagenc inthe copeoftheirinve tigation,ifrequiredto eprovidedtoanother lawfulorderor
a ma otherwi e erequired theMinne otaGovernmentDataPractice Actorotherapplica lelaw....
2.Innoevent hallan recording eu edor hownforthepurpo eofridiculing,em arra ingorintimidatingan per on.
3.Recordeddatama onl erepla edordi pla edfortrainingpurpo e withtheapprovaloftheDeput ChiefofProfe ional
tandard .Nothinghereinprohi it Leader hipandOrganizationalDevelopment ta fromhavingacce to WCrecordingforthe
purpo eofplanningtraining.
4.Datacaptured the WCma eacce ed anemplo ee,providedtheacce i inthecour eand copeoftheemplo ee lawful
jo dutie ,oru eda evidencerelatedto:
Pendingadmini trative,criminal,civilortra cmatter ;
Acomplaintofmi conductmadeagain tano cer
In ituation whereevidenceofo cermi conducti di coveredduringthecour eofauthorizedacce (includingforcereview );
Arandomoruniformreviewof WCdatawithregardtoequipmentfunctionalit ,polic compliance;or
An otherpurpo eauthorizedunderthi polic andcon i tentwith tateandFederallaw.
5. mplo ee areprohi itedfromu ingrecordingdevice toduplicate WCvideooraudioinan form,includingcellphone orvideo
camera .
Thepolic note thatacce todatai loggedandaudited.(IV.I.8;II. .2)
Therema ein tance inwhicho cer areuna letoactivatetheir WC duetocircum tance makingitun afe,impo i le,orimpractical
todo o.Inthe eexigentcircum tance ,o cer hall eginrecordingwiththe WC atthe r trea ona leopportunit todo oand
documenttherea onforthedela ed tartintheincidentreportand/ora partoftherecording.
xcepta otherwi eexempted law,o cer willnotif individual thatthe are eingrecordeda oona practica le,unle iti un afe,
impractical,orimpo i letodo o.
1.Thi noticeprovi ioni ati edevenifanotherindividual ecome apart tothecommunicationaftertheinitialnoticeha een
provided.
2. xample ofpotentialnoti cationlanguageinclude:
a.Youare eingaudi l andvi uall recorded;or
.Ourinteractioni eingrecorded m od camera.
A WC recordingofacon titutionall protectedactivit ma not eu edtoidentif per on pre entattheactivit whoarenot u pected
of eingengagedinillegalactivit orinneedofa i tance.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
C.Non-evidentiar recording will ede tro edafter210da ,unle thedepartmentdeem itnece ar toretaintherecordingforalonger
periodoftime.
1.Arecordingwill eretainedlongerthan210da ifano cerortheo cer repre entativeprovide noticetotheDepartmentwithin
210da ofthedateoftherecordingofit potentialu einanadmini trativehearing.
2.Performanceevaluation hallnot ethe olerea onfortheDepartmentretainingarecording e ondtheagreeduponterm.
3.Ano cerma electto ave WC recording forlongerthan210da iftherecordingwa u edto upportaperformanceevaluation
whichre ultedina inglecategor eingrateda elowrequirement .
Recording ma ereviewed:
1. ano certomake urethe WC temi workingproperl
2. ano certoa i twiththewritingofareportorothero cialdocument
3. ano certoreview/critiquehi orherownperformance
4. ano certoreview/prepareforcourt
5. aper onauthorized thedepartmentforthepurpo eofreviewingevidence
6. a upervi or
7. aper onauthorized thedepartmentparticipatinginano cialinve tigation ucha aper onnelcomplaint,admini trative
inquir ,oracriminalorcivilinve tigation
8. authorizeddepartmentper onneltoa e po i letrainingvalue
.A WC hallnot eactivatedduringthefollowing:
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Inan locationwheretherei area ona leexpectationofprivac (e.g.,re troom,lockerroom, reakroom,etc.),unle enforcementaction
i required.
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8.Mem er halldeactivateornotactivatea WCwhen:
Ina choolor outhfacilit orona choolor outhfacilit propert undercircum tance whereminorchildrenwould einviewof
the WCwhilenotactivel inve tigatingcriminalactivit ,re pondingtoanemergenc orrea ona l elievingthatcon tructive
authorit orforcewillnot eu ed.O cer hallnarratetherea onfordeactivation.
O cer halldeactivateornotactivatea WCwheninaplaceofwor hipundercircum tance wherewor hiper would einview
ofthe WCwhilenotactivel inve tigatingcriminalactivit ,re pondingtoanemergenc orrea ona l elievingthat
con tructiveauthorit orforcewillnot eu ed.O cer hallnarratetherea onfordeactivation.
O cer halldeactivateornotactivatea WCwhileinacourtroomduringcourtproceeding ,unle themem eri re ponding
toacallfor erviceori authorizedtou econ tructiveauthorit orunle uchactivationi expre l authorized thejudge.
O cer halldeactivateornotactivatea WCwheninapatientcareareaofahealthcarefacilit ,medicalo ceor u tance
a u etreatmentfacilit underthecircum tance wherepatient would einviewofthe WCwhilenotactivel inve tigating
criminalactivit ,re pondingtoanemergenc orrea ona l elievingthatcon tructiveauthorit orforcewillnot eu ed.
Mem er hallnarratetherea onfordeactivation.
Intheeventa WCcapture theimageofapatientina u tancea u etreatmentfacilit ,themem er immediate upervi or hall e
noti edandanoti cationtothe WCAdmini tratorandthePu lic afet Director hall emadetoen urecompliancewithall
applica lefederallaw andregulation providedforthecon dentialit ofinformationfor u tancea u etreatment.Therecording
hall etaggedandanotationdocumentingthedate,time,per onnoti edanddetail ofthenoti cation hall edocumentedinthe
WCrecordkeeping tem.Therecording hallnot eacce edwithouttheexpre edapprovalofthePu lic afet Directoror
de ignee.(De tructionoftherecordingi inappropriateuntiliti determinedthatexculpator informationwa notcaptured.).
Thepolic require o cer tonotif crimevictim andcivilian in ideoftheirhome orplace ofa odethatthe
are eingrecorded,unle uchnoti cationi afeorunfea i le.(VIII. )
.NoticeofActivation
1.Whenwearinga WC,o cer hallnotif crimevictim andcivilian in ideoftheirhome orplace ofa ode(e.g.,hotel/motelroom ,
oardinghou e ,etc.)thatthe are eingrecordedunle iti un afeorunfea i letoprovide uchnoti cation
2.Ifthemem erdecide nottoprovidenoti cationoftheactivationofthe WC ecau eiti un afeorinfea i letodo o,themem er
halldocumenttherea onforthatdeci ionintheirinve tigationreportor narratingtherea ononthe WCrecording.
3.Ifacivilianinquire ifamem eri equippedwitha WCorinquire ifthedevicei activated,themem er hallan wertruthfull unle
thePu lic afet DirectorortheChiefofPoliceha expre l authorizedthemem ertomakeacovertrecording.
4.Forallotherinteraction withmem er ofthepu lic,o cer hallinform u ject thatthe are eingrecordedattheearlie t
opportunit thati afeandfea i letodo o.Thefailuretover all notif aper onpur uanttothi ection hallnota ectthe
admi i ilit ofan tatementorevidence.
1.O cer ma deactivatea WCwhenacivilianconver ingwiththeo cerreque t thatthedevice eturnedo underthecircum tance
whereitrea ona l appear thattheper onwillnotprovideinformationorotherwi ecooperatewiththeo cerunle thatreque ti
re pected.
a.O cer hallnot ugge ttoaper onthatthe WC hould edeactivated;nor hallthemem era kwhetherheor hewouldprefer
the WC edeactivated.Thereque tforde-activationmu t e elfinitiated thecivilian.O cer ma explainthecon equence of
de-activation(e.g.,evidencerelevanttoacriminalinve tigationwillnot erecorded).
.Indecidingwhethertodeactivatethe WC,theo cer hallcon idertheprivac and afet intere t oftheper onreque ting
deactivation,whethertheencounteri occurringintheper on re idence,andtheneedfortheinformationora i tancethatthe
per onwillprovidei importanttotheinve tigation, eti notcriticaltorequirerecording.
c.Ifacivilianinquire ofano cerwhethertheo ceri equippedwitha WC,orinquire whetherthedevicei activated,theo cer hall
an wertruthfull unle thePu lic afet Director,actinginaccordancewithAttorne Generaldirective ,ha expre l authorizedthe
o certomakeacovertelectronicrecording.
2.Whenano cerdeactivate a WCatthereque tofacivilian,thefollowingprocedure hall efollowed:
Theconver ation etweentheo cerandthecivilianreque tingthedeactivation hall erecorded.
Theo cer hallnarratethecircum tance ofthedeactivationpriortode-activating(e.g.,Iamnowturningo m WCa perthe
victim reque t).
Theo cer hallreportthecircum tance concerningdeactivationtotheirimmediate uperioro cera oona practica le.
Theo cer halldocumentthecircum tance ofthedeactivationinan inve tigationorreportconcerningtheincidentunder
inve tigation.
3.Ifano cerdecline areque ttodeactivatea WC,therea on fordecliningthereque t(e.g.mem er elieve thatitma enece ar to
u econ tructiveauthorit duringencounter)mu t enarratedontherecordingand hall ereportedtothemem er immediate
upervi ora oona iti afeandpractica letodo o.
4.Upondecliningadeactivationreque t,theo cermu timmediatel informtheper onmakingthereque tofthatdeci ion.O cer are
prohi itedfrommi leadingtheper onmakingthedeactivationreque tinto elievingthatthe WCha eenturnedo unle acovert
recordingha eenauthorized thePu lic afet Directororde ignee.
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6.O cer mu tdeactivatea WCwhenaper on,otherthananarre tee,i eekingemergenc medical ervice forhimorher elforanother
andreque t thatthe WCi deactivated.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Viewingof WCevent i trictl limitedtoauthorizedemplo ee ofthi divi ion.Viewing an otherper oni prohi itedunle
authorized thePu lic afet Director.Nolawenforcemento cerorcivilianemplo eeofthi divi ion hallacce ,view,cop ,di eminate
orotherwi eu ea WCrecordingexceptforano cialpurpo e...
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XII.DATACONTROLANDMANAG M NT
Per onnel hallnotera eorinan othermanneralter,tamperwith,de tro ,orconceal WCrecording ,removeordi a lean camera.
An uchtamperingi aviolationofNJ A2C:28-7,andi a4thdegreecrime.
1.Datauploadedfrom WC will e toredon toragedevice locatedat480ClintonAvenue.Allimage ,video andaudiorecording
captured the WCaretheexclu ivepropert oftheNewarkPoliceDivi ion.Acce ing,cop ing,relea ing,tamperingwith,
de tro ingvideoandtran mitting le fornon-lawenforcementpurpo e i trictl prohi ited.
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3.The temadmini trator hallmanagetheintegrit ,handlingand torageofall WCrecording .Theadmini trator hallprevent
unauthorizedacce toall WCrecording .The temadmini tratormu te ta li handmaintainadata a etodocumentthe
followinginformation:
Dateandtimeofacce ;
peci c WCrecording( )thatwa /wereacce ed;
Mem erwhoacce edthe tored WCrecording;
Per onwhoapprovedacce ,whereapplica le;
Rea on( )foracce , pecif ingthepurpo eorpurpo e foracce andtherelevantca e/inve tigationnum er,whereapplica le.
4.A WCrecordingthatha eentaggedfor pecialprivac or afet i ue , ectionVII, u ection5, hallnot eacce ed,viewed,
copied,di eminatedorotherwi eu edwithout r to tainingthepermi ionoftheCount Pro ecutor.
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17.A WCrecordingtaggedpur uantto ectionVII, u ection5,ofthi polic hallnot eacce ed,viewed,copied,di eminated,or
otherwi eu edwithouttheexpre permi ionofthePu lic afet Director,inaccordancewiththeAttorne Generaldirective.
TheNewJer e DepartmentofPu lic afet (NJDP )provide o cer withaclearli tof ituation thatmu t e
recorded,includingwhencircum tance develop othatano ceri authorizedtou eforce.(5.2;6.8)
Notwith tanding ection5.4,andunle theagenc adopt apolic thatprohi it orre trict de-activationa ma eauthorized thi
ection,ano cerma de-activatea WCwhenacivilianconver ingwiththeo cerreque t thatthedevice eturnedo under
circum tance whereitrea ona l appear thattheper onwillnotprovideinformationorotherwi ecooperatewiththeo cerunle that
reque ti re pected...Indecidingwhethertode-activatethe WC,theo cer hallcon idertheprivac and afet intere t oftheper on
reque tingde-activation,whethertheencounteri occurringintheper on' re idence,andtheneedfortheinformationora i tancethat
theper onwillprovideonl ifthede-activationreque ti honored.
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Notwith tanding ection5.4,andunle theagenc adopt apolic thatprohi it orre trict de-activationa ma eauthorized thi
ection,ano cerma de-activatea WCwhenaper on,otherthananarre tee,i eekingemergenc medical ervice forhimorher elf
oranotherandreque t thatthe WC ede-activated.Indecidingwhethertode-activatethe WC,theo cer hallcon idertheprivac
intere t oftheper onreque tingde-activationandtheper oninneedofmedicala i tance.
Theo cer hallnot ugge ttotheper onthatthe WC hould ede-activated;nor halltheo cera ktheper onwhetherheor he
wouldpreferthatthe WC ede-activated.Rather,thereque tforde-activationmu t e elf-initiated thecivilian.Theo cerma
explainthecon equence ofde-activation(e.g.,evidencerelevanttoacriminalinve tigationwillnot erecorded).
Thepolic doe notrequireo cer toinform u ject thatthecamerai recordinginallca e .O cer are
requiredtoan wertruthfull when peci call a kedwhetherthe arerecordinganencounter.(4.1-4)
Thepolic require thato cer tagan recording thatrai e pecialprivac or afet i ue andprohi it acce
andu eoftho erecording withoutpermi ion.(9.3-4)
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10.Thi polic i intendedtoachieveanappropriate alance etweenthe ene t of WCdevice andcivilian rea ona leexpectation of
privac .Althoughthi polic identi e tho e ituation inwhichactivationofthe WCi required,ano cerha di cretiontomanuall
activatethe teman timetheo cer elieve itwould eappropriateorvalua letodocumentanincident.Inexerci ingthi di cretion,
o cer hould eawareof,and en itiveto,civilian rea ona leprivac expectation .The WC hallonl eactivatedforlegitimatelaw
enforcementpurpo e .
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30.The WC hall eutilized an Departmentmem era ignedthi deviceduringallinve tigativeorenforcementcontact however,
therema elimitedcircum tance whenthere pectforanindividual privac ordignit outweigh theneedtorecordanevent(e.g.a
victimtraumatizedfollowingaviolenta ault).Whenano cer elieve uchcircum tance exi t,orthatu eofa WCwouldimpedeor
limitthecooperationofavictimorwitne duringaninve tigativecontact,ano cerma deactivatethe WCafterreceivingauthorization
froma upervi or.
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52.Adepartmentmem erwhoha eena igneda WCdevicema reviewhi orherown WCrecordingtohelpen ureaccurac and
con i tenc ofaccount ....An reviewofa WC theo cer hall edocumentedintheincidentreportcorre pondingwiththeincident.
53.ADepartmentmem erinvolvedinan u eofforceincidentoraccidentcau inginjurie will epermitted, utwillnot erequired,to
reviewhi orherown WCvideorecording priortoprovidingarecorded tatementorcompletingreport ....
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9.Digitalrecording hall epre ervedforatlea ttwo ear ,orifaca ei underinve tigationorinlitigationforlongerthantwo ear ,at
lea tthree ear afterthe naldi po itionofthematter,includingappeal ,unle awrittenreque ti madeto torethemforalonger
periodoftimeforalegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e.
MANDATORYACTIVATIONOF WC
5.Activate WCpriortoengagingin,ora i tinganotheruniformedmem erofthe ervicewith,thefollowingpoliceaction :
a.Arre t
. ummon e ,exceptforaNoticeofParkingViolation(parkingviolation ummon )unle theowner/operatorofthevehiclei pre ent
c.Vehicle top
d.Interaction withper on u pectedofcriminalactivit
e.A earchofanindividualand/orhi /her elonging ,exceptfor trip earche
f.Interaction withanemotionall di tur edper on
g.U eofforcea de nedinP.G.221-03,ReportingandInve tigationofForceIncidentorInjur toPer on DuringPoliceAction
h.Pu licinteraction thate calateand ecomeadver arial
i.Re pondingtothe ceneofcrime-in-progre call ,includingradiocode ignal 10-10,10-13,10-30 erie ,10-85(excluding
admini trativea i tance),call for erviceinvolvingaweapon,and hot potteractivation
j.Interiorpatrol ofNewYorkCit Hou ingAuthorit uilding a wella an privatel -owned uilding.The WCmu t eactivatedupon
enteringthe uildingandwillnot edeactivateduntilexitingthe uildingandterminatingtheinteriorpatrolalongwithan a ociated
policeaction,ifan .
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DI CR TIONARYACTIVATIONOF WC
8.Uniformedmem er ofthe ervicema recordothero cialactivitie when,intheuniformedmem er judgment,itwould e ene cialto
record, olonga iti notoneoftheprohi itedrecording de cri edin tep10.
PROHI IT D WCR CORDING
10.Donotactivatethe WCforan ofthefollowing:
a.Performanceofadmini trativedutie ornon-enforcementfunction
.Routineactivitie withinDepartmentfacilitie
c.Departmentalmeeting ortraining
d.O -dut emplo mentincludingpaiddetaila ignment
e.Interviewingacurrentorpotentialcon dentialinformant
f.Undercovero cer
g.Interviewingthevictimofa excrime,a oona thenatureoftheo en e ecome apparent
h. trip earche
i.Whenpre entinacourtfacilit ,exceptfortheimmediatelodgingofapri oner
j.Thein ideofamedicalfacilit unle engaginginapoliceactiona li tedunder tep5.
D ACTIVATIONOF WC
9.Oncethe WCha eenactivated,continuerecordinguntiltheinve tigativeorenforcementactioni concluded.
a.Intheca eofanarre t,continuerecordinguntilthepri oneri lodgedatthecommandforarre tproce ing.
.TheUMO [UnformedMem erofthe ervice]ma choo etodeactivatethe WCuponthereque tofamem erofthepu licifa
u pecti notpre ent,anditi afeandadvi a letodo oaftercon ideringallthecircum tance ,includingthereque ter
de ireforprivac orcon dentialit .
TheUMO ma choo etodeactivatethe WCuponthereque tofamem erofthepu licifa u pecti notpre ent,anditi afeand
advi a letodo oaftercon ideringallthecircum tance ,includingthereque ter de ireforprivac orcon dentialit .
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TheNYPDpolic tate thatthedefaultretentionperiodi one ear,afterwhichfootagei deleted..(Operational
Con ideration )
OaklandPDpu li he themo trecentpu licl availa lever ionofit WCpolic onit we ite,linkedfromit
DepartmentalPolicie andProcedure page.Thepolic i DepartmentalGeneralOrderI-15.1,e ectiveJul 16,
2015.
A.Requiredactivation
Mem er hallactivatetheir[camera]underan ofthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Citizencontact tocon rmordi pela u picionthatthecitizenma einvolved,a a u pect,incriminalactivit ;
2.Detention andArre t ;
3.A e mentorevaluationforap chiatricdetention...;
4.Involvedper onnel,a de ned [thedepartmentpolic onPur uitDriving],duringavehiclepur uit;
5. ervinga earchorarre twarrant;
6.Conductingan ofthefollowing earche ofaper onand/orpropert :
a.Incidenttoarre t;
.Cur or *(i.e.,patdownorlimitedweapon earch);*[]
c.Pro a leCau e;
d.Pro ation/Parole;
e.Con ent;or
f.Inventor
7.Tran portingan detainedorarre tedcitizen(excludingpri onerwagontran port );or
8.Upontheorderofahigherrankingmem er.
Mem er hallactivatetheir[camera]priortoinitiatingthecircum tance enumeratedinPartII.A.1-7,a ove.
OaklandPDallow ( utdoe notrequire)o cer toturno theircamera duringcertain en itive ituation , uch
a inve tigatingachilda u eor exuala aultvictim.(II.C.2,4;II.D.1.f )
2. tatementtaking
Per onnelareauthorizedtou ethe[camera]torecord tatement inlieuoftakingawritten tatement.[Camera ],however, hallnot e
u edtorecord tatement fromchilda u eor exuala aultvictim .
a.Per onnel halladvi eoro taincon entfromvictim orwitne e whentakingaPDRDrecorded tatement.
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A idefromthea ovecircum tance ,whenano ceri underinve tigation,o cer ma onl viewrelevantfootage
uponapproval theCriminalInve tigationDivi ionortheInternalA air Divi ion.(IV. .)
.Mem erReview
Mem er areauthorizedtoreviewtheirown[camera]recording toproperl identif thedata le ,refre htheirmemor regardingan
incidentoran otherworkrelatedpurpo e,unle otherwi eprohi ited polic .
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3.[TheProjectAdmini tratorha there pon i ilit to][e]n urePDRD le are ecuredandretainedforaminimumoftwo(2) ear ;
.ViewingaPDRDvideo le
Authorizedper onnelviewingan video le halldocumenttherea onforacce intheComment eldofeachvideo leviewed.The
entr hall emadeeitherpriortoviewingthevideoorimmediatel afterviewingthevideo.
.Non-DepartmentalReque t .
Pu licRecord reque t hall eacceptedandproce ed,inaccordancewiththeprovi ion offederal, tate,local tatute andDGOM-
9.1,PU LICR CORD ACC ,andforwardedtotheProjectAdmini trator.
Ano cerma activatehi orher od -worncameraan timetheo cerdeem itappropriatetorecordforo cialpurpo e ,excepta
prohi itedunderProcedure188.32.
Ifavoluntar contacti initiatedinalocationwhereaper onha area ona leexpectationofprivac ,andthecriteriali tedinnum er 2-8
elowdonotappl ,theo cer hallreceivecon entfromtheper onpriortocontinuingtorecordthevoluntar contact.
188.40. xcepta required Procedure188.30.1,ano ceri notrequiredtoadvi eaper onheor hei recordingtheirinteractionunle
theper on peci call a k ifthe are eingrecorded,atwhichpointtheo cer hallinformtheper onthe are eingrecorded.
188.30.1
Ifvoluntar contacti initiatedinalocationwhereaper onha area ona leexpectationofprivac ,andthecriteriali tedinnum er 2-
8 elowdonotappl ,theo cer hallreceivecon entfromtheper onpriortocontinuingtorecordthevoluntar contact;
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VI. od WornCameraOperationalGuideline
D.Whenfea i le,o cer willinform u ject thatthe are eingrecordedvia WC.
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L.The WC hallNOT edeactivatedduringanevent/incident,unle :
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3.Awitne orvictimrefu e toprovidea tatementifrecordedandtheencounteri non-confrontational.
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PR AM L :
od WornCamera ( WC)can eau efultooltoa i ttheOmahaPoliceDepartment(OPD) documentingtheinteractionofpolicewith
citizen ,whichwilla i tinthedocumentationofevidence,preparationofreport ,andfuturecourtte timon .TheRecordedMedia
generated the WCma al o eu edtoprotecttheOPDandit emplo ee fromcivillitigationandfal eallegation ofmi conduct....
.O cer ma reviewrecording whenpreparingwrittenreport ofevent tohelpmakecertainoftheaccurac andcon i tenc ofaccount .
NOT : WCrecording arenotareplacementforrequiredwrittenreport .
TheRe pon etoRe i tanceInve tigativeProce forU eofForceIncident Involving eriou Injur orDeath
doe notaddan additionaldetail a outwhethero cer ma viewfootagepriortomakinga tatementfollowing
a eriou incident.
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Di claimer:
...The WCRecordedMediai con ideredinve tigativeinnatureandi foru eincriminalinve tigation ,di ciplinar inve tigation ,
admini trativepurpo e ,andotherproceeding protected con dentialit law andDepartmentpolic .Theunauthorizedu eorrelea e
of WCRecordedMediama compromi eongoingcriminalanddi ciplinar inve tigation orviolatetheprivac right oftho erecorded.
Di eminationout idetheOmahaPoliceDepartmenti trictl prohi itedwithout peci cwrittenauthorizationoftheChiefofPoliceor
de ignee.Violator will e u jecttodi ciplineuptoandincludingtermination.
V. od WornCameraOperationalGuideline
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I. mplo ee hallnotpla ack WCrecording tomem er ofthepu lic.
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IX.Recording,Duplication,Di eminationandReview
A.All WC andallRecordedMedia,image ,audiorecording ,andmetadatacaptured the WC arethepropert oftheOPD.
Di eminationout idetheagenc i trictl prohi itedwithout peci cwrittenauthorizationoftheChiefofPoliceorde ignee.
Violator will e u jecttodi ciplineuptoandincludingtermination.
OrlandoPDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit polic wa foundonthe ureau
ofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic wa e ectiveOcto er21,2015.A of eptem er7,
2017theOrlandoPDha tteda out150o cer with od worncamera .
3.2ACTIVATIONOFTH ODY-WORNCAM RA
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Thi polic i notintendedtode cri eever po i le ituationinwhichthe WC temma eu ed;however,amem er hallactivatethe
WC,ifpracticalandwithoutcompromi ingthe afet ofthemem erorthepu lic,inthefollowingcircum tance :
tra c top ;
priorit re pon e ;
vehiclepur uit ;
u piciou per on /vehiclecontact ;
arre t ;
vehicle earche ;
ph icalorver alconfrontation ;
dome ticviolencecall ;
DUIinve tigation ;
duringinterview ;footpur uit ;
advi inganindividualoftheirMirandawarning ;
re pon etore i tance;
crime inprogre ;
crime inprogre ;
an ituationorincidentthatthemem er,throughtrainingandexperience, elieve hould eaudi l and/orvi uall pre erved.
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3.3D ACTIVATIONOFTH ODY-WORNCAM RA
Oncethecamerai activatedtorecord,it hallremainonuntiltheinitialincidentthatcau edtheactivationha ta ilizedoratthetimethat
themem ergive aver aldi po itiontoHeadquarter .In omein tance ,themem erma needtorecordtheaction ofthearre teewhile
eingtran portedtothe RC.
Wheno cer decidetoturno the WCorfailtorecordrequiredincident ,OrlandoPDrequire themto
documentandju tif uchfailure .(3.3)
Ifatan pointduringanactivationamem erha rea ontoturno the WCpriortothe nalconclu ionofanincident,thatmem erwill
ver all tatetherea onpriortothedeactivationofthecamera.
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Ifamem erfail toactivatetheir WCduringarequired ituationorpartofa ituation,orinterrupt orterminate therecording, hallnotif
their upervi ora oona rea ona l po i le,and halldocumenttherea ontotheir upervi orandtheMV Aviaamemorandumoran
email.Inca e whereano cialwrittenreportoftheincidenti required,themem er halldocumenttherea onthe failedtoactivate,
interrupt,orterminatedtherecordinginthereport.Repeatedfailure amem erma econ idereda a a i fordi cipline,uptoand
includingtermination.
Unle conductingo ciallawenforcement u ine thatrequire themem ertou ethe WC,thefollowingi ali tthatmem er mu t
adhereto:
a)The WCwillnot eu edtorecordper onalactivit .
)The WCwillnot eintentionall activatedtorecordconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutine,non-
enforcementrelatedactivitie .
c)The WCwillnot eu edtointentionall recordcon dentialinformant orundercoveroperation .
d)Unle the WCi eingu eda partofano ciallawenforcementincident,the WCwillnot eactivatedinplace wherea
rea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha , utnotlimitedto,lockerroom ,dre ingroom,orre troom .
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2.Unle prohi ited thi polic ,enforcementmem er ma makereferencetothe WCfootageforexactquote thatwereu ed
thecontactedpartie ,in teadoftran cri ingconver ation intoawrittenreport.
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.TheDepartment hallnotutilizean iometrictechnolog , ucha facialrecognition,toconduct earche ofvideo le orpa ive earche
ofthepu lic. toredvideoandaudiodatafroma WC hallnot:
1. eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ;
2. eu eda ller inphotoarra ;or
3. e earchedu ingfacialrecognition oftware.
xception:Thi u ectiondoe notprohi itthemem er fromu ingarecognition oftwaretoanal zetherecordingofaparticularincident
whenamem erha rea onto elievethata peci c u pectorper oninneedofa i tancema ea u jectofaparticularrecording.The
exceptionmu t eapproved themem er direct upervi or.
Inaddition, ecau ePenn lvaniai atwo-part con ent tate,o cer mu tinform u ject thatthe are eing
recorded,a umingoralcommunication aretakingplace.(7- )
.Onceonlocationofanincidentorevent,o cer hallinform,a oona rea ona l practical,theindividual identi a l pre entthatthe
o cerha interceptedandrecordedtheoralcommunication(i.e.thatthe are eingrecorded)(PL AC2.4.2 ).
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4.Therelea eofan digitalrecording o tainedthrough od -WornCamera throughapu licrecord reque twill econ i tentwiththe
Penn lvaniaRighttoKnowAct(65P. .37.304et eq.).Toen urecompliance,theDigital videnceCu todian hallcoordinatewiththe
Department Right-to-KnowO ceron uchreque t .
O cer thatarealloweddi cretionifthe area letoju tif uchadeviation utthepolic doe not pecif
how,orevenwhether,o cer mu tprovide uchaconcreteju ti cation.(5. .5)
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2.Therelea eofvideo/ reque tedthroughapu licrecord reque twill ehandledinaccordancewithexi tingpolic andpu licrecord law .
eeOperation Order4.6,Relea eofRecord ,foradditionalinformation.
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5.O cer / upervi or willnotallowcitizen toreviewvideocaptured the[]cameraunle therei aninve tigativerea ontodo o.
ThePitt urgh ureauofPolicedoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.TheACLUofPenn lvaniao tained
acop viaPenn lvaniaRight-To-Know-Law.Thepolic wa i uedon,andappear to ee ectivea of,Jul 30,
2014.
Pitt urgh policeoutline wheno cer houldrecord,a longa iti rea ona leand afetodo o.(5.2)
5.2.Utilization:Whenrea ona leand afetodo o,mem er operatingthe WCequipmentwillen urethefollowingt pe ofincident are
recorded:
5.1.1Tra candcriminalenforcement top .
5.1.2In-progre VehicleandCrimeCodeviolation .
5.1.3PoliceVehiclePur uit .
5.1.4Fatalcra hormajorcrime cene ,a nece ar ,todocumentthe cene.
5.1.5DUI top / tandardizedField o riet Te t
5.1.5[ ic]An otherincidentthemem erdeem appropriatewhileactingintheperformanceofhi /hero cialdut .
5.1.6Wheniti afetodo o,o cer houldal orecordthefollowing:
5.1.6.1Patdown
5.1.6.2O tainingcon entto earch
5.1.6.3 earchincidenttoarre t
Thepolic doe notprovidean protection forvulnera leindividual ,andwhilethepolic require thato cer
informindividual the are eingrecordeda oona rea ona l practical,itdoe notrequireinformedcon ent
torecord.(5.2.5)
Mem er hallinformallindividual identi a l pre enta oona rea ona l practical,thattheiroral/videocommunication will eorhave
eeninterceptedandrecorded.
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Reque t forRetention:An mem erwho elieve thattheretentionofarecordingnot peci call required thi regulationi advi a le
(e.g.,foru eina ummar proceedinginvolvinga eriou tra cviolationortraining), hallnotif theMVRCu todialO cera oona
po i le.MVRCu todialO cer hallevaluateeachreque tinaccordancewiththi regulation.Mem er areadvi ed,perthi regulation,
thatallrecording collected the WCequipmentwhichi notregulated aregularretention chedulewill epurgednolaterthan90
da fromthedateofthela trecording.
9.2MVRCu todialO cer hallen urethatthe elow-li tedrecording areidenti edandretainedinaccordancewiththi polic .MVR
Cu todialO cer hallcompletea upplementalreporttotheapplica leincidentreportwhenanincidentrecordingi retained.
lectronicall retainedrecording hall eretaineduntiltheca ei adjudicatedortherei acourtorder,unle otherwi eindicated elow:
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9.2.4Recording reque tedto epre erved an individualwhoi aparticipantontherecordingforu einan criminalproceeding.
uchreque t mu t einwritingtotheChiefofPolice,and houldcontainthedate,time,andlocationoftherecordingandthename
ofthepartie involved.
9.2.5Recording reque tedto epre erved an individualwhoi aparticipantontherecordingforu einan civilproceedingagain t
theP Porit per onnel. uchreque t mu t einwriting,and houldcontainthedate,time,locationoftherecording,andthename
ofthepartie involved.Noticeofthereque t hall eimmediatel providedtotheCit LawDepartmentandtherecording hall e
retainedforaminimumoftwo ear fromthedateoftheincidentand hallnot ede tro edwithoutthepermi ionoftheCit Law
Department.
9.2.6Recording reque tedto epre erved an individualwhoi aparticipantontherecordingforu einan civilproceedingthati
notagain ttheP Porit per onnel. uchreque t mu t einwritingtotheCit ofPitt urghLawDepartment,and houldcontain
thedate,time,locationoftherecording,andthename ofthepartie involved.Therecording hall eretainedforaperiodoftwo
ear oruntilacop oftherecordingha eenprovidedtothereque terwhenauthorizedunderP Ppolicie ,whichevercome r t.
OncetheMAV temi activated,it hallremainonand hallnot eturnedo untiltheo cerha clearedthe ceneoftheincidentorthe
tran porti concluded.Forpurpo e ofthi ection,conclu ionofanincidentinclude , uti notlimitedto,whenallarre t have een
made,arre tee have eentran ported,allinterview ofcitizen have eenconducted,andallcontactwiththe u jectha ended.Audio
andvideorecordingma cea eifano ceri impl waitingfortowtruckorafamil mem ertoarriveorother imilar ituation orduring
theafteractionreviewproce .
PortlandPDdoe notaddre per onalprivac concern andencourage it o cer torecord tatement from
victim andwitne e .(Mem er Re pon i ilitie (630.70)(d))
WhentheMAVi activated,o cer hould,a oona po i le,advi eallper on pre entthe are eingrecordedinaccordancewith
OregonRevi ed tatute 165.540(5)( ).
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c.Ma reviewtherecording whenpreparingwrittenreport ,exceptduringinve tigation involvingtheu eofdeadl forceorinanin-
cu tod death,wheretheo cerwa neitherawitne nordirectl involvedintheincident.
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Mem er :
a. hallnotdelete,alter,reu e,modif ortamperwithMAVrecording withtheexceptionoftheMAVtechnicianpur uanttothe
provi ion ofthi polic .
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.Recordedmedia hallnot ecopied,viewed,orotherwi ein ertedintoan devicenotapproved the ureau.
PrinceGeorge Count PD(PGPD)doe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite.However,aver ionofit polic
wa foundonthe ureauofJu ticeA i tance od WornCameraToolkit.Thi polic wa e ectiveApril18,2015.
4.O cer mu tfollowPGPDo cer afet policie whileconductingenforcement top .O cer afet willtakepriorit overthea ilit to
recordaneventduringacitizencontactorvehicle top;however.O cer mu t ea letoarticulatewh an deci ionwa madetofailto
record.
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14.Whenano cerfail torecordalawenforcement-relatedencounteroraccordingtootherrecordingprotocol a determined PGPD,
theo cer halldocumenthi orherrea on forfailingtorecord.
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6.Categor andRetention
a.Attheendofeach hift,o cer inthePilotPha eutilizing WC hallidentif eachvideo categor .Intheeventavideoi takenthat
doe notfallintoali tedcategor andha noapparentevidentiar oradmini trativevalue,theo cerma leavethevideoa
Uncategorized.
i.Arre t
ii.CitizenComplaint
iii.CriticalIncident
iv. vidence
v.FirearmDi charge
vi.Pur uit
vii.Tra cColli ion
viii.Training
ix.U eofForce
x.Uncategorized
An timeano cerdeactivate hi orher WCotherthanwhenthecallha concluded, ta ilizedortheo cerha leftthe cene,theo cer
willdocumenttherea onthe WCha eendeactivatedintheformofarecordedannouncementonthe WCpriortodeactivation.
Thepolic peci call protect categorie ofvulnera leindividual .(Guideline for WCOperation:Deactivation)
WCrecording ma al o e toppedatthereque tofanon- u pect. houldtheo cerchoo etohonor uchareque tto toprecording,
aidreque t hall ecapturedontheo cer WCpriortodoing o.Theo cer hallmaintainthedi cretiontore umerecordingatan
timeduringtheencounter houldheor hedeemitnece ar .Additionall ,theo cer hallhavethedi cretiontoden uchareque tifhe
or herea ona l elieve continuedrecordingi nece ar .
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The WCma edeactivatedifiti nece ar todi cu i ue orconcern regardinganindividual mentalorph icalhealthcondition.A
oona theprivateconver ationi completed,the WC hall ereturnedtorecordmode olonga the ituationfall underthede nitionof
requiredu e.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
ventT pe RetentionPeriod
Default/Infraction /Tra c top 90Da
DWI 3Year
Mi demeanorCa e 3Year
Felon Ca e 20Year
Con ent earch 3Year
RPD polic peci e ali tof cenario inwhicho cer areprohi itedfromrecording.Whilethepolic protect
individual inalockerroomor athroom,therei nomentionofvulnera leindividual ucha victim of ex
crime .(IV.F.4.8)
I.RecordingNoticeGuideline
1.Mem er areencouragedtoinformper on the arerecordingwitha WCunle the encounterph icalre i tance, ight,orother
factor rendering uchnoticeun afeorimpractical(e.g."Maam/ ir,Iamadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.).
2.Ifanindividuala k amem erifheor hei eingrecorded a WCthemem erwillan wertruthfull unle factor exi tthatwould
render uchnoticeun afeorimpractical.
Thepolic allow citizen toreque tthatano cer toprecording,andgive o cer omedi cretiona towhether
tocompl .O cer havedi cretionto toprecordinguponreque tduringOptionalRecordingevent which
include interview ofvictim , utthepolic doe notprovideexplicitprotectionfore peciall vulnera le
individual .(IV. .2)
CivilianReque t toRecord.Ifacivilianreque t thattheirinteractioni recorded,mem er willdo ounle iti prohi itedunderthi polic .
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
During eriou incident ,anuninvolvedre ponding upervi ori re pon i lefortakingpo e ionofthe
involvedo cer WC , utthepolic doe notprohi itinvolvedo cer fromwatchingfootageintho e
ituation .(VIII.A.1.a- )
Limit RetentionofFootage
Categor RetentionPeriod
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NonFelon O en e /Arre t (Mi demeanor ,Violation ,MHA,MunicipalCode) 6 ear
treet/Pede trian top , earche ,or eizure WithoutArre t(withorwithoutFIF) 5 ear
Vehicle top , earche ,or eizure WithoutArre t(withorwithoutFIF,include V&T) 5 ear
Dome ticIncidentDIR/NoArre t(NYCPL140.105) 4 ear
Recordedin rror 6Month ImmediateReview
General torage 6Month NoReview
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A.R& will ere pon i letoadmini terRPD WCProgram.Thedutie andre pon i ilitie ofR& inperformingthi functioninclude utare
notlimitedto:
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4.providingacce orcopie of WCrecording toRPDper onnelandcomponent a authorized departmentalpolic orcompetent
authorit ;
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11.coordinatingreviewof tored WCrecording inaccordancewithe ta li hedpolicie andprocedure ( eeX elow);
1.Per onnela ignedtoP will egivendirectacce tothe WC temandareauthorizedtoacce andcop WCrecording a needed
toperformtheirdutie .P ma al oallowcivilian toview WCrecording inhandlingcomplaint again tDepartmentper onnel.
Mem er oftheProfe ional tandard ectionofRoche terPDma grantcivilian acce toview WCrecording
inreferencetocomplaint again tdepartmentper onnel.(V. .1)
1.Per onnela ignedtoP will egivendirectacce tothe WC temandareauthorizedtoacce andcop WCrecording a needed
toperformtheirdutie .P ma al oallowcivilian toview WCrecording inhandlingcomplaint again tDepartmentper onnel.
7.Reque ttoView WCRecording.O cer arenotrequiredtoallowcivilian toview WCrecording . upervi or ma allowcivilian toview
WCrecording inre pondingtoQ I [Qualit of erviceInquir ],complaint ,orotherinquirie .
C.RPD ear the urdentodemon tratethatthereque tedmaterialquali e forexemptionfromFOILdi clo ure.Indoing o,RPDma not
rel ongeneralcategorie ofmaterial, utmu tcitea peci candparticularizedju ti cationtoe ta li havalidexemption.
Thepolic encourage o cer toju tif an deci iontodeactivatethe WCandrequire o cer todocumentan
failuretoactivatefor afet rea on .However,thepolic doe notrequireju ti cationforan failuretorecord
requiredincident .(C.2,7;D.2)
Thepolic give o cer di cretiontodeactivatethe WCin en itivecircum tance utdoe notrequireo cer
too taininformedcon entfromvictim orothervulnera leindividual priortorecording.(D)
Thepolic doe notrequireo cer tonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, uto cer areencouragedto
do oforthepurpo eofde-e calationorwheninteractingwithcertainvulnera leindividual .(C.4)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
The aintPauldraftpolic prohi it recordingincertain en itiveca e , utdoe not peci call protect
vulnera leindividual .(7(C))
Thedraftpolic note thatMinne otai aone-part con ent tate,andthato cer arenotrequiredtonotif
citizen whenrecording.O cer are,however,encouragedtoan wertruthfull ifacitizeninquire a towhether
theo ceri recording.(9)
9.DUTYTONOTIFY
Minne otai aone-part con ent tate,whichmean thatonl onepart toacommunicationneed tocon entforarecording,unle
therecordingi madeforthepurpo eofcommittingacriminalortortiou act.Minn. tat.626A.02, u d.2.Therefore,o cer arenot
requiredtonotif citizen whenrecording.However,ifrea ona leandcon i tentwiththeo cer afeande cientperformanceof
dutie ,theo cer houldcon rmwhethertheincidenti eingrecordedona WCifa ked.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
15.ACC YDATA U J CT
A required tatute,anindividualmu t eallowedtoacce WCDataa outhim-orher elfandotherdata u ject intherecording,
utacce willnot egrantedtodata:
Collectedorcreateda partofanactiveinve tigation.
Re tricted lawfromdi clo uretotheper on eekingacce , ucha portion thatwouldrevealidentitie protected
Minne ota tatute ection13.82, u divi ion17.
Unle thedatai partofanactiveinve tigation,anindividualdata u jectmu t eprovidedwithacop oftherecordingredacteda
follow :
Dataonotherindividual intherecordingwhodonotcon enttotherelea emu t eredacted.
Datathatwouldidentif undercovero cer mu t eredacted.
Dataonothero cer whoarenotundercover,andwhoareondut andengagedintheperformanceofo cialdutie ,willnot e
redacted.
LCPDmake it WCpolic readil availa letothepu liconit we itea apartofthe altLakeCit Police
DepartmentPolicie andProcedure Manual, eginningonpage151,titledIII-535 ODYWORNCAM RA .The
polic wa currenta of eptem er26,2017.
od WornCameraVideoRecording
The od camerai utilizedtorecordlawenforcementencounter ,a de neda oveandtoinclude utnot elimitedtootherexample of
event ucha :tra c top ;pur uit ;vehicle earche ;confrontationalcitizencontact ;u eofforce ituation ; tatement made
u ject ,victim andwitne e ,advi inganindividualofhi orherMirandaright ,interrogation ,andarre tcheck done upervi or .
Inordertocapturethea ovet pe ofcontact andevent ,o cer wearingacamera hallactivatethe od camerawheneverthe interact
withthepu licand/oratthetimedi patchedtoacallfor ervice.
Ano cerwhoi foundtohavepurpo efull failedtoactivatethe WCduringaninteractionwithamem erofthepu lic,orwhoha a
patternofnotrecordinginteraction withthepu licwill e u jecttodi ciplinar action.
Prohi ited od WornCameraRecording
The od camera hallnot eu edtorecordnonworkrelatedper onalactivit andwillnot eactivatedinplace wherearea ona le
expectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom ,dre ingroom orre troom .The od camerawillnot eintentionall activatedto
recordtheconver ation offellowemplo ee withouttheirknowledgeduringroutine,nonenforcementrelatedactivitie .
O cer willnotrecordundercovero cer orcon dentialinformant .
xception toRecordingRequirement
...An deci iontoturno thecameraandrea on wh hould edocumentedinthewrittenreport.
CameraU eProcedure
Onceactivated,the od camera hallremaininrecordingmodeuntiltheconclu ionoftheincident/encounter,theo cerha leftthe cene
ora upervi orha authorizedthatarecordingma cea e.Theauthorizing upervi ormu t eidenti edoncameraorinawrittenreport.
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Ifano cerfail torecordanincidentoractivit thati requiredto erecorded,theo cer hallarticulateoncameraorinawrittenreport,
therea onforthefailuretorecord.
O cer arenotrequiredtonotif u ject the are eingrecorded.Thepolic require o cer tonotif occupant
ofaprivatere idencethata od camerai inu e, utindicate thatmerel wearingthecameraprovide u cient
notice.(p.153)
Whenano cerwitha od cameraenter aprivatere idence,theo cer hallgivenotice,whenrea ona leunderthecircum tance ,tothe
occupant ofthere idencethata od camerai inu e either:wearinga od camerainaclearl vi i lemanner,orgivinganaudi le
noticethattheo ceri u inga od camera.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Reviewof od WornCameraMedia
O cer houldu ecapturedmediatoa i twithinve tigation andinthecompletionofreport .
O cer involvedinan igni cantu eofforceincidentoraccidentre ultingininjurie will epermittedtoreviewtheirowncameravideoor
audiorecording priortocompletingareportorinterview.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Reviewof od WornCameraMedia
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Allotheracce to od cameramediawill egoverned altLakeCit PoliceDepartmentPolic IV-320R CORD (Guideline for
Acce ingO cialRecord ).
Relea eof od CameraMediatoThirdPartie
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Reque tfor od cameravideofromthenew mediaandotherthirdpartie mu t emadeinwritingandwill eroutedtotheRecord Unit
GovernmentRecord Acce andManagementAct(GRAMA)Coordinator.Oncegranted,theGRAMAcoordinatorwillnotif theDepartment
od Camera temAdmini tratortofacilitateacce fortheper on/entit makingthereque t.
APDrequire thato cer ver all documenttheirrea oningforall toppage and/ormuting oftheir WC.
(.06.G)
All toppage and/ormuting ,otherthanadmini trativefunction te tingoraccidentalactivation,ofthe WCmu t ever all documented
tatinga peci crea onintheO cer video,andreportorCF commententr eldinaccordancewith ection.07ofthi procedure.
Failuretorecordactivitie a laidoutinthi polic willnot econ ideredapolic violationa longa rea ona leju ti cationi documented.
O cer arenotrequiredtoadvi ecitizen the are eingrecordedor howan citizenavideowhichthe recorded;furthermore,O cer
houldnotactivate/deactivatethe WC olel uponthereque tofacitizen.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
.Thecategorizationla elwilldeterminetheminimumlengthofretention.
1. vent0i electedfornon-evidentiar video ucha fal e tart ,te ting,orITadmini trativepurpo e ;
VID OCAT GORIZATIONANDR T NTIONP RIOD
ventCodeCategor Retention chedule
0Admin/Default180da
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.Non-evidentiar ,accidentalrecording taggedunderevent0whichcontainper onaland/or en itivematerialandwhichfallunder ection
.06J,ma edeletedwhen:
1.Animmediate upervi ori noti edinwriting;the upervi ornoti e a tem admini trator,whowillre trictthevideo;
2.Reviewed a upervi orfromtheo ceoftheChiefofPolice;
3.Reviewed aDeput Chief;
4.Reviewedand nalized PoliceAudio/VideoRecord peciali t.
Nomem era igned WCequipment hallalter,modif ,reu e,tamperwithordi a lethedeviceora ociatedacce orie inan manner.
Per onnelrequiringacce tolockedvideo will endareque tforacce /viewingofthe peci cDM throughtheirchain-of-command.
APD polic tate thatan reque t foran DigitalMedia videncewill ehandedundertheOpenRecord Act.
(.10.A)
(a) nforcementRelatedContact
1.O cer hallu etheeventmodetorecordenforcementrelatedcontact .Theeventmode hould eactivatedpriortoactualcontact
withthecitizen,ora oona afel po i lethereafter,andcontinuerecordinguntilthecontacti concluded.
2. nforcementrelatedcontact include utarenotlimitedtothefollowing:Tra c top , eldinterview ,detention ,arre t ,per on
pre entatradiocall whoareaccu edofcrime ,andcon en ualencounter inwhichtheo ceri attemptingtodeveloprea ona le
u piciononthe u jectoftheencounter.
3.CoveringanotherCit emplo eeorlawenforcemento cerduringanenforcementcontact;including, utnotlimitedto:C P ,
Parking nforcementO cer ,AnimalControlO cer ,etc.
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5.Ifano ceri una letoactivatehi orher WCpriortoinitiatingan ofthe eenforcementorinve tigativeactivitie ,theo cer hall
activatethedevicea oona iti practicaland afetodo o.A inallenforcementandinve tigativeactivitie includingvehicleand
pede trian top ,the afet oftheo cerandmem er ofthepu licarethehighe tprioritie .
( )Arre t
1.O cer ma toprecordingintheeventmodeoncethearre teei nolongerintheircu tod .
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(e)Duringtheexecutionofa earchwarrant,anarre twarrant,aFourthAmendmentwaiver earch,oracon ent earchinwhichtheo ceri
lookingforevidenceofcontra and.
(i)Victimandwitne interview
1.Victimandwitne interview hould erecorded.
2.Dome ticviolencevictim oftenrecanttheir tatement a earl a thefollowingmorningafteracrime.Victim ma al omaketheir
childrenunavaila leforinve tigator orcourttoavoidtheirproviding tatement .Forthe erea on ,dome ticviolencevictim hould
erecordedunle thevictimexpre l refu e to erecorded.O cer houldal orecordthe tatement ofchildrenofdome tic
violencevictim whoarewitne e inthe et pe ofca e whenpo i le.
3. WC hould eu edduring exCrime orChildA u einve tigation toinclude tatement ofvictim ,witne e ,andinteraction
withparent ofvictim .
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
(a)Digitalevidencecaptured the WCi notallinclu ive.The temcapture ale roadandle detailedimagethanthetotalit ofthe
human en e .Ano cer recollectionof peci cdetail ma edi erentthanwhati capturedindigitalevidence.O cer ma review
digitalevidencepriortocompletingreport whennece ar toen ureaccurac .O cer ma reviewdigitalevidencepriortoproviding
voluntar tatement duringcriticalincidentinve tigation .O cer hallreviewdigitalevidencepriortoprovidingte timon athearing ,
trial,ordepo ition .
( )O cer ma reviewtheirownrecording .
Limit RetentionofFootage
1.MandatedRecording
nforcementRelatedContact
a.Allo cer whoarei ueda WC hallkeeptheir WCon u eringMode/ tand- Modewhileondut ,exceptduringin tance
li tedinthi procedureunderProhi itedRecording .Keepingthe WCon u ering/ tand- Modeallow o cer tocapture
pre-eventrecording whenthe ventModei activated.
.O cer hallu ethe ventModetorecordenforcementrelatedcontact .Theeventmode hould eactivatedpriortoactual
contactwiththecitizen,ora oona afel po i lethereafter,andcontinuerecordinguntilthecontacti concludedorthe
contacttran ition fromanenforcementcontactintointelligencegathering.
c.O cer hould eginrecordingintheeventmodewhiledrivingtoacallthatha thepotentialtoinvolveanenforcementcontact.
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e. nforcementrelatedcontact includethefollowing:Tra c top , eldinterview ,detention ,arre t ,per on pre entatradio
call whoareaccu edofcrime ,andcon en ualencounter inwhichtheo ceri attemptingtodeveloprea ona le u picionon
the u jectoftheencounter.
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2.Arre t
a.O cer ma toprecordingintheeventmodewhenthearre teei cooperativeand afel ecuredin idealawenforcementfacilit .If
anarre tee ecome uncooperative,oriftherei omeevidentiar purpo e,o cer houldre umerecordingintheeventmode.
.Ifano cerre ume recordingintheeventmode,thecamera hallremainineventmodeuntiltheo cernolongerha contactwith
the u ject.
3. earche
a.When earchingapri onerandwithout acri cingo cer afet ,iti advantageou topo itionthe earch othatiti capturedon
camera.Thi tart thechainofcu tod allowingan contra andorweapon foundto edocumentedonthe WCrecording.
.O cer houldrecordduringtheexecutionofa earchwarrant,anarre twarrant,aFourthAmendmentwaiver earch,knockandtalk,
oracon ent earchinwhichtheo ceri lookingfora u pect,evidenceorcontra and.
c.During earche ofcommercial uilding orre identialdwelling whentherei a trongindicationofencounteringa u pect,while
keepingo cer afet a theprimar concern,o cer houldactivatetheir od worncamera priortomakingentr intothe uilding.
Therecordingofa u pectconfrontationnormall outweigh tactic potentiall hownintherecording.
4.Tran portingPri oner
a.O cer equippedwith WCwillrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthegenderofthepri onerorpa enger.The
entiretran portwill erecorded.Twoo cerunit will erequiredtorecordwithatlea tone WCduringtran port .
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5. u pectInterview
a.O cer areencouragedtofull record u pectinterview .O cer hallnot topand tarttherecordingduringa u pectinterview.
Theonl exceptiontorecordinga u pectinterviewwould eifthe u pectdecline tomakea tatementduetothe od worn
camera eingactivated.
.Whenrecordinginterview ,o cer hallen urethe recordan admoni hment priortothe tartofaninterview.
6. pecial vent
Whendirectedtoworka pecialevent,o cer hallretrieveandu etheir WC .O cer hallcompl withtheprovi ion ofthi
DepartmentProcedure.
7.Deactivationof WC
a.O cer a igned WC willocca ionall a i t pecializedinve tigativeunit andagencie in en itiveoperation where
con dentialit i imperativetotheoperation.Iftherei a peci crea onintheintere toftheinve tigationforo cer involvedinthe
operationtonotactivatetheir WC ,the upervi orinchargemu tgivehi orherapproval.
.A entan peci crea ontonotactivatethe WCapproved the upervi orincharge,o cer hallrecordan in tance li tedin
thi procedure.
c.Ifa upervi ororder ano certoturno theircameraduringanenforcementcontact,thato cerwilldocumentthatorderonan
ARJI -9explainingthe peci crea onwh the WCwa notactivated.
d.Additionall ,a upervi orwhogive anordertoano certoturno their WCduringanenforcementcontactwillal o ere pon i le
fordocumentingtherea ononanARJI -9.
K.Prohi itedRecording
1. WC hallnot eu edtorecordnon-workrelatedactivit .
2. WC hallnot eu edtorecordinarea oractivitie ucha pre- hiftconference ,Departmentlockerroom , reakroom ,
re troom ,orotheractivitie notrelatedtoanenforcementcontactoracriminalinve tigation.
3. WC hallnot eu edduringDepartmentadmini trativeinve tigation .
4. WC hallnot eu edduringline-up or rie ng .
5. WC hallnot eu edduringmajorcrime rie ng ,homicide rie ng ,orduringahomicidewalk-through.
6. WC hallnot eu edduringcontactwithcon dentialinformant .
DPDdoe notrequireo cer tocea erecordingatcitizen reque tand peci e thatprivatecitizen donot
havearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpoliceo cer ,evenwhenpolicearelawfull pre entin
aprivatere idence.(V.H)
1.Privatecitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpoliceo cer duringthe copeofano cer o cial
dutie ,evenwhenthecontacti inaprivatere idence.Wheno cer arelawfull pre entinahome(warrant,con ent,orexigent
circum tance )inthecour eofo cialdutie ,therei norea ona leexpectationofprivac .Therefore,o cer arenotrequiredtogive
noticethe arerecording.However,ifa ked,o cer halladvi ecitizen the are eingrecorded.
2.O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent, ituationorcircum tance olel atthedemandofacitizen.
3.O cer and upervi or involvedintheinve tigationofacomplaintagain tamem erofthepolicedepartmentmu tinformcomplainant
andcomplaintwitne e the are eingrecorded.
d.O cer are trongl encouragedtoinformcitizen the are eingrecordedinane orttode-e calatepotentialcon ict .
While DPDprohi it o cer fromrecordingduring exCrime orChildA u einve tigation ,itmandate that
victim (andtheirchildren) erecordedwhenthe arevictim ofdome ticviolenceincident .(V.J.1)
1.VictimandWitne Interview
a.Victimandwitne interview willgenerall not erecorded.
.Dome ticviolencevictim oftenrecanttheir tatement a earl a thefollowingmorningafteracrime. omevictim go ofara to
te tif thattheo cerfa ricatedtheir tatement.Victim ma al omaketheirchildrenunavaila leforinve tigator orcourttoavoid
theirproviding tatement .Forthe erea on ,alldome ticviolencevictim andwitne e hould erecorded.O cer houldal o
recordthe tatement ofchildrenofdome ticviolencevictim whoarewitne e inthe et pe ofca e .
c. WC hallnot eu edduring exCrime orChildA u einve tigation toinclude tatement ofvictim ,witne e ,andinteraction
withparent ofvictim .
d.Whennece ar too taincooperation,o cer ma po itionthe WC othe captureonl audio,andnotvideo,oftheper onmaking
the tatement.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Q.ReviewingImpoundedDigital vidence
1.O cer ma reviewtheirowndigitalevidence.Digitalevidencecanprovideacuetoano cer primingmemor torecallmorefact
andgreaterdetailofanincident
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4....O cer houldreviewdigitalevidencepriortocompletingreport toa i tinprimingtheirrecollection.O cer hallwritetheir
report towhatthe remem erandnotatean di crepancie fromwhattherecording how .O cer hallnotwritetheirreport
a ed olel onwhatthe viewedfromthe WCrecording.
5.O cer hallreviewdigitalevidencepriortoprovidingte timon athearing ,trial ,ordepo ition .
Limit RetentionofFootage
C.General
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4.O cer hallnottamperwithordi mantlean hardwareor oftwarecomponentofan WCdevice
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6.Alldigitalevidencecollectedu ingthe WCi con ideredaninve tigativerecordforthe anDiegoPoliceDepartmentandi foro cial
u eonl .
7.Acce ing,cop ing,forwardingorrelea ingan digitalevidenceforotherthano ciallawenforcementu eandcontrar tothi
procedurei trictl prohi ited.Pu licrelea eofdigitalevidencei prohi itedunle approved theChiefofPoliceorde ignee.
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vidence.comAdigitalevidencemanagement ervicecontractedforthecit andacce edat dpd.evidence.com.The ervice tore
digitall encr pteddatainahighl ecureenvironmentacce i letoper onnel a edon ecurit clearance.
C.AuthorizedU e.
Allon- cenemem er equippedwitha WC hallactivatetheir WCequipmenttorecordinthefollowingcircum tance :
1.Detention andarre t
2.Con en ualencounter wherethemem er u pect thatthecitizenma haveknowledgeofcriminalactivit a a u pect,witne ,or
victim...
3.5150evaluation
4.Tra candpede trian top
5.Vehiclepur uit
6.Footpur uit
7.U e offorce
8.When ervinga earchorarre twarrant
9.Conductingan ofthefollowing earche onone per onand/orpropert :
a.Incidenttoanarre t
.Cur or
c.Pro a lecau e
d.Pro ation/parole
e.Con ent
f.Vehicle
10.Tran portationofarre tee anddetainee
11.Duringan citizenencounterthat ecome ho tile
12.Inan ituationwhentherecordingwould evalua letoevidentiar purpo e
13.Onl in ituation that ervealawenforcementpurpo e
G.Documentation.
Mem er u mittinganincidentreportorcompletingawritten tatement hallindicatewhetherthe WCwa activatedandwhetherit
capturedfootagerelatedtotheincident.
...Ifamem erdeactivate a WCrecordingpriortotheconclu ionofanevent,themem er halldocumenttherea on( )for
terminatingtherecordinginCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementoramemorandum.
Ifahigherrankingmem erorder a u ordinatemem ertodeactivatethe WC,thehigherrankingo cer halldocumenttherea on( )
forre tartingtherecordinginCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementoramemorandum.
Ifamem erreactivate the WCafterturningtheequipmento ,themem er halldocumenttherea on( )forre tartingtherecording
inCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementoramemorandum.
Ifamem erdetermine thato cerorpu lic afet would ecompromi edifa WCwereactivatedduringanincidentrequiringit u e,
themem er halldocumentinCAD,anincidentreport,awritten tatementoramemorandumtherea on( )fornotu ingthe WC.
D.Prohi itedRecording .
Mem er hallnotactivatethe WCwhenencountering:
1. exuala aultandchilda u evictim duringapreliminar inve tigation
2. ituation thatcouldcompromi etheidentit ofcon dentialinformant andundercoveroperative
3. trip earche .
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Forallotherincident (am iguit a ide), FPDallow o cer toreview WCfootage efore lingtheirinitial
report .(III.F.1)
F.Viewing WCRecording
1.Amem erma reviewa WCrecordingonhi /hera igneddeviceoronanauthorizedcomputerforan legitimateinve tigator
purpo e,including utnotlimitedto,preparinganincidentreport,preparing tatement ,conductingafollow-upinve tigation,or
providingte timon .Followingan (1)o cer-involved hooting,(2)in-cu tod death,or(3)criminalmatter,an u jecto cer hall e
requiredtoprovideaninitial tatement eforeheor hereview an audioorvideorecording.
Theinitial tatement the u jecto cer hall rie ummarizetheaction thattheo cerwa engagedin,theaction thatrequired
theu eofforce,andtheo cer re pon e.The tatement hall edi tinctfromthepu lic afet tatement.
Afterprovidinganinitial tatement,the u ject hallhaveanopportunit toreviewan audioorvideorecording depictingtheincident
withhi orherrepre entativeorattorne priorto eing u jecttoaninterview.
Limit RetentionofFootage
H. torageandU eofRecording .
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3.Mem er areprohi itedfromtamperingwith WCrecording ,acce ing WCrecording forper onalu e,andfromuploading WC
recording ontopu licor ocialmediaInternetWe ite withoutwrittenapprovalfromthecommandingo ceroftheRMO.
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J.Retention.
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3.Amem erma notdeletean WCrecordingwithoutpriorauthorization.Themem er eekingtodeletearecording hall u mita
memorandumtohi /herCommandingO cerreque tingtodeletefootagefroma WC leand hallmakeanentr ofthereque tin
theappropriateca e le,ifapplica le.TheCommandingO cer hallthenforwardthememorandumtotheCommandingO cerof
theRMOforevaluationandappropriateaction.
3.Non-DepartmentalReque t
a.TheDepartment hallacceptandproce [Pu licRecordAct]reque t inaccordancewiththeprovi ion offederal, tateandlocal
tatute andDepartmentpolic .
Thepolic require o cer tomakearea ona lee orttoadvi epeoplethatthe are eingrecorded, utonl at
time whentheo ceri requiredtorecord.Thepolic al oprovide anexceptionforwhentheo cerha rea on
to elievethatadvi ingthatthecamerai onwillendangertheo ceroranotherper on,orwillinterferewiththe
inve tigation.Thepolic doe notrequireo cer toadvi eoro taincon enttorecordwhentheo ceri ina
pu licplaceorwhentheo ceri lawfull pre entinalocationwheretherei anexpectationofprivac ,unle the
o ceri performingacon ent- a ed earchofare idence.(7)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
TheDepartmentadopt theu eof od -worncamera tovi uall andaudi l record peci ccategorie ofinteraction etweeno cer
andthepu licandtoretaina ociatedvideoforaperiodoftime.
Whilethepolic doe prohi ito cer fromtamperingwith WChardwareand oftware,thepolic doe not
expre l prohi ito cer fromtamperingwithfootage.(3)
All leviewingi forlawenforcementu eonl and u jecttoarighttoknowandneedtoknow a i [RefertoDut Manual ection C2002-
2004,C2007,C2011,andChapterC2100]
The anJo ePDpolic doe notplacean limit ontheu eof iometrictechnologie (e.g.,facialrecognition)to
earchfootage.
eattlePoliceDepartment
c.Di cretioninRecording
mplo ee rea ona l exerci ingdi cretionunderpolic u ection 5c5gwillnot e u jecttodi ciplineforthedeci iontorecordor
notrecordtho eportion ofanevent.
Unle otherwi eprohi ited thi polic ,emplo ee ma initiaterecordingan timethe determineitwould e ene cialtocapturean
eventoractivit .
... mplo ee willrecordtheentireeventtoit conclu ionunle peci call in tructedotherwi e thi manual ection.
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h. mplo ee tatingtheRea on for topping WV
mplo ee who toprecordingduringaneventwill tateontherecordingtheirintentionto toprecordingandexplainthe a i forthat
deci ion. mplo ee willal odocumenttherea on( )intheGOreportand/orCADupdate.
upervi or whodirectthatrecording cea ewilldirectemplo ee todocumenttheorderintheGOreportand/orCADupdate.
d.Recordingin en itiveArea
mplo ee willnotrecordinre troom ,jail andtheinterior ofmedical,mentalhealth,coun eling,ortherapeuticfacilitie unle fora
directlawenforcementpurpo e, ucha acrimeinprogre .
e.RecordinginRe idence andPrivateArea
mplo ee willa kforcon enttorecordwith WVinre idence orotherprivatearea notopentothepu licunle therei acrimein
progre ,orothercircum tance exi tthatwouldallowtheemplo eeto elawfull pre entwithoutawarrant.Thereque tandan
re pon ewill erecorded.
Ifan per onwithlegal tandingdenie permi iontorecord,emplo ee will toprecordingwith WVwhilethe areintheprivatearea.
However,emplo ee willcontinuetorecordICVaudio,ifequipped,andnotif theper on involvedofthecontinuedaudiorecording.
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g.RecordingProtectedActivit /Demon tration
mplo ee willnotrecordpeoplelawfull exerci ingtheirfreedomof peech,pre ,a ociation,a em l ,orreligionunle the have
pro a lecau eto elievethatcriminalactivit i occurringorwhenorderedtorecord a upervi or,a provided elow.
Whenanimminentri ktopu lic afet orlarge calepropert de tructionappear likel , upervi or atthe quadleveland/orthe
incidentcommanderofaneventma orderemplo ee torecordwith WV.Under uchdirection,emplo ee willrecorduntilorderedto
cea erecording.
Protectedactivit unintentionall capturedi notaviolation.
Thepolic acknowledge thatin omecircum tance anindividual privac ordignit outweigh theneedto
recordanevent.O cer havedi cretiontodeactivaterecordingtho ecircum tance , utarenotrequiredtodo
o.(5.f )
f.ProtectingPrivac andDignit
Therema elimitedcircum tance whenthere pectforanindividual privac ordignit outweigh theneedtorecordanevent.
uchcircum tance ma includenaturaldeath cene ,deathnoti cation ,childor exuala aultvictiminterview ,culturalorreligiou
o jection to eingrecorded,andwhentheu eof WVwouldimpedeorlimitthecooperationofavictimorwitne .
Whenanemplo ee elieve uchcircum tance exi t,theemplo eema deactivatethe WV.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
2. mplo ee Ma ReviewRecordedVideo
mplo ee ma reviewtheirownrecordedvideoexceptinin tance ofFITinve tigation .TheFITmanualoutline whenemplo ee
ma viewvideointho eca e .
TheDepartment,including upervi or ,OPA,Training,Audit,andinve tigator per onnelma viewICVand WVrecording forthe e
purpo e :
-Complaint
-Criminalinve tigation
-O cer-involvedcolli ion
-Vehiclepur uitinve tigationorreview
-Pu licdi clo urereque t
-U eofforcerevieworinve tigation( eeFITManualifapplica le)
-Performanceapprai al
-A partofthe arl Intervention tem( I )
-Trainingpurpo e ,withthepermi ionoftheinvolvedo cer .
-AuditandQualit Control/Trou le hooting
Limit RetentionofFootage
12.045-POL
Thi polic applie totheu ageofan oftwarecapa leof iometricproce ing(facialorhumanrecognition,)including ookingPhoto
Compari on oftware( PC .)Theintenti toregulatetheu eofthi technolog toallowforlegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e
whileprotectingprivac .
1.U ageof PC i LimitedtotheCompari onofUnidenti edImage to ookingPhoto
PC ma onl eu edinanattempttoidentif aper onwhomano cerrea ona l u pect ma einvolvedincriminalactivit .
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4. PC ma Not eU edtoConnectwithLiveCamera tem
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6.NoPer onnelma u e PC toIdentif Individual forIdenti cationPurpo e whodonotMeettheLi tedCriteria
1. nforcementRelatedContact
a.O cer willu etheeventmodetorecordenforcementrelatedcontact .Theeventmode hould eactivatedpriortoactualcontact
withthecitizen,ora oona afel po i lethereafter,andcontinuerecordinguntilthecontacti concludedorthecontact
tran ition fromanenforcementcontactintointelligencegathering.
.O cer are trongl encouragedtoinformcitizen the are eingrecordedinane orttode-e calatepotentialcon ict .
c. nforcementrelatedcontact includethefollowing:
1)Tra c top ,
2)Fieldinterview ,
3)Detention ,
4)Arre t ,
5)Per on pre entatradiocall,whoareaccu edofcrime ,and
6)Con en ualencounter inwhichtheo ceri attemptingtodeveloprea ona le u piciononthe u jectoftheencounter.
d.A i tinganotherCit emplo eeorlawenforcemento cer(ie.Parking nforcement,ParkRanger ,etc.)duringanenforcement
contact.
2.Arre t
a.O cer ma toprecordingintheeventmodewhenthearre teei cooperativeand afel ecuredin idealawenforcementfacilit .If
anarre tee ecome uncooperative,oriftherei omeevidentiar purpo e,o cer houldre umerecordingintheeventmode.
.Ifano cerre ume recordingintheeventmode,thecamerawillremainineventmodeuntiltheo cernolongerha contactwiththe
u ject.
3. earche
a.When earchingapri onerandwithout acri cingo cer afet ,iti advantageou topo itionthe earch othatiti capturedon
camera.Thi tart thechainofcu tod allowingan contra andorweapon foundto edocumentedonthe WCrecording.
.O cer houldrecordduringtheexecutionofa earchwarrant,anarre twarrant,aFourthAmendmentwaiver earch,knockandtalk,
oracon ent earchinwhichtheo ceri lookingfora u pect,evidenceorcontra and.
c.During earche ofcommercial uilding orre identialdwelling whentherei a trongindicationofencounteringa u pect,while
keepingo cer afet a theprimar concern,o cer houldactivatetheir od worncamera priortomakingentr intothe uilding.
Therecordingofa u pectconfrontationnormall outweigh tactic potentiall hownintherecording.
4.Tran portingPri oner
a.O cer equippedwith WCwillrecordallpri onerorpa engertran port ,regardle ofthegenderofthepri onerorpa enger.The
entiretran portwill erecorded.Twoo cerunit will erequiredtorecordwithatlea tone WCduringtran port .
5. u pectInterview
a.O cer areencouragedtofull record u pectinterview .O cer willnot topand tarttherecordingduringa u pectinterview.
Theonl exceptiontorecordinga u pectinterviewwould eifthe u pectdecline tomakea tatementduetothe od worn
camera eingactivated.
.Whenrecordinginterview ,o cer willen urethe recordan admoni hment priortothe tartofaninterview.
6. pecial vent
a.O cer a igned WC willocca ionall a i t pecializedinve tigativeunit andagencie in en itiveoperation where
con dentialit i imperativetotheoperation.Iftherei a peci crea onintheintere toftheinve tigationforo cer involvedinthe
operationtonotactivatetheir WC ,the upervi orinchargemu tgivehi orherapproval.A entan peci crea ontonotactivate
the WCapproved the upervi orincharge,o cer willrecordan in tance li tedinthi procedure.
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H.PRIVACYCONC RN
1.Privatecitizen donothavearea ona leexpectationofprivac whentalkingwithpoliceo cer duringthe copeofano cer o cial
dutie ,evenwhenthecontacti inaprivatere idence.Wheno cer arelawfull pre entinahome(warrant,con ent,orexigent
circum tance )inthecour eofo cialdutie ,therei norea ona leexpectationofprivac .Therefore,o cer arenotrequiredto
givenoticethe arerecording.However,ifa ked,o cer willadvi ecitizen the are eingrecorded.
2.O cer arenotrequiredtoinitiateorcea erecordinganevent, ituation,orcircum tance olel atthedemandofacitizen.
3.O cer and upervi or involvedintheinve tigationofacomplaintagain tamem eroftheDepartmentmu tinformcomplainant
andcomplaintwitne e the are eingrecorded.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
upervi or houldreview WCrecording toa i tcitizen complaint . upervi or havedi cretionto how WCrecording toa
complainantwhenitrelate tohi orhercomplaint,toa i tinclarif ingthecomplaint,re olvingthecomplaint,orhavingthecomplaint
withdrawn.
u olkCount PDdoe notpu li hit WCpolic onit we ite,andwewereuna letoo tainthepolic from
other ource .Iti unclearwhethertherei apolic .
TampaPD polic provide aclearli tof ituation thatmu t erecorded.O cer mu tprovidewritten
explanation whenthe failtorecordanincidentthatthepolic require to erecorded.(IV.C.2-3)
Thepolic allow o cer todeactivatetheircamera inthree peci c ituation ,includingwhenthe rea ona l
elievethatdoing owillnotre ultinthelo ofcriticaldocumentar information.Inthe e ituation ,theo cer
mu tnotean deci iontodeactivateinthevideorecordingandintheincidentreport;however,theo cerdoe not
explicitl requireo cer todocumentwh the toppedrecording.Thi categor wouldhavereceivedagreen
cla i cationhaditincludedlanguagetoexplicitl requireju ti cation(IV.C.6)
The od wornrecording temma emanuall deactivated o cer whenthe rea ona l elievedoing owillnotre ultinthelo of
criticaldocumentar information,toprotecttacticalorcon dentialdi cu ion or rie ng ,orwhendirectedtodo o a upervi or.The
deactivationwill edocumentedonthevideoandinthereport.
Avictim hould einformedthattheinterviewwill erecordedunle thevictimo ject .Therefu al hould e tatedonthevideo the
victim,thevideoturnedo anddocumentedinthereport.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
Failureto...properl retainand torerecording ,orthea u eormi u eofthe temma re ultindi ciplinar action.
Thepolic relie onexi tingpu licrecord lawtomakefootagepu licl acce i leanddoe notexpre l allow
individual whoare lingpolicemi conductcomplaint toviewfootage.(VII.A- )
U er hallactivatethe WCtorecordthefollowingevent :
Oncall for ervice(upondi patchforprioritie Level1andLevel2call for ervice;uponarrivaltoallothercall for ervice).
UponCode3activation.
Duringcontactwithmem er ofthepu licinaninve tigativeorenforcementcapacit (.e.g.tra c top ,detention ,arre t ,Miranda
advi ement,u eofforceincident ,criticalincident , eldinterview ,orcon en ualcontact wheretheo ceri attemptingto
developrea ona le u picion).
An timetheu erfeel iti appropriateornece ar tocreateavideorecord.
Whenordered a upervi or.
During u pect/ uilding earche .
The WC tem hallnot eactivatedinplace whereprivac would eexpected, ucha locker/dre ingroom orre troom ,exceptin
theo cialperformanceofalawenforcementfunction.
Thepolic doe notrequireo cer tonotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded,nordoe thepolic require
o cer too taininformedcon entfromvictim orothervulnera leindividual priortorecording.Thepolic
permit utdoe notrequireano certocompl withavictim reque ttonot erecordedanda uchallow
o cer tocontinuerecordingde piteavictim reque tnottorecord.(3764.1)
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
C.Activation
1.O cer hallonl activatethe WC forlegitimatelawenforcementpurpo e . WC willnot eallowedforper onalu e.
2.The WCwill eactivatedan timeano cermake o cialcontactwithacitizenintheperformanceofhi /herdutie .Thi include
uti notlimitedto:
1.Call for ervice
2.Tra c top /cra h cene
3.O cerinitiatedinve tigation
4.An encounterthati likel tore ultinanarre t
5.An encounterwhereu eofforcei likel tooccur
6.Vehicleandfootpur uit
7.Citizeninterview
V PD polic mandate thato cer activatetheir WCa oona practical,duringan encounterthat ecome
adver arialorinan ituationwheredocumentingtheeventwillcontainadmini trativeorevidentiar value( e t
intere toftheagenc /o cer).(ProcedureC.3)
The WCwill eactivated,a oona practical,duringan encounterthat ecome adver arialorinan ituationwheredocumentingthe
eventwillcontainadmini trativeorevidentiar value( e tintere toftheagenc /o cer).Thi include area withinprivatere idence
under tandingthato cer havealegalrightto ethere.O cer houldnot acri ce afet concern forthe akeofactivatingthecamera,
utit houldal o ein tinctiveto eginrecordingpriortotheencounter.
Thepolic al orequire thato cer giveaclear,articula lerea onforwh the didnotrecordordi continued
recording.Thi rea onmu t e tatedeitheronthevideopriortoturningo thecamera,ontheCAD report,orin
thereport u mitted theo cer.(ProcedureC.5,ProcedureD.3)
Wheneverrea ona le, afeandpracticaltodo o,o cer halladvi ecitizen thattheencounteri eingrecorded.Iti elievedthat
recordingtheeventwillpo itivel in uencethe ehavior ofallper on involved.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
A.4.O cer ma notreviewan recording whereforcei u edanda lueTeamreporti to e u mitted. upervi or willen urethecorrect
videoi includedwiththe lueTeam u mi ion.O cer ma viewvideorecording priortocompletingreport involvingevent thatdo
notinvolve lueTeam u mi ion provideditdoe notcau eatimel dela intheircompletion.O cer ma al oviewrecording priorto
peakingtoa upervi orormaking tatement toInternalA air inve tigator a outtheincident.
.5.O cer ma viewtherecording tohelpcompletereport ,withtheexceptionof lueTeamreport ,provideditdoe notcau eadela in
the u mi ionoftho ereport .Firearm di chargereport arecon ideredau e-of-forceandwillnot eallowedto eviewed the
o cerpriorto u mittinga lueTeamreport.
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.7.Inacriticalincident, ucha o cer-involved hooting,in-cu tod injur ordeath,oru e-of-forceagain tacitizencau ing eriou odil
injur ordeath,a upervi orwillimmediatel takepo e ionofthe WCequipmentatthe ceneanden ureiti properl maintained.The
videowill ehandledinamannercon i tentwithotherevidence.Nodepartmentmem er hallwatchthevideopriortoanInternalA air
inve tigator arrival.Thevideowill eturnedovertoIAatthe ceneorimmediatel uploadedattheprecinct.
Limit RetentionofFootage
Videoretention chedule aredetermined theVirginiaLi rar ofRecord andVirginia tateCode.An recording deemedtohave
admini trativeorevidentiar valuewill e avedonthe erverfortheamountoftimerequired law.Non-evidentiar andnon-
admini trativevideo will eretainedforaperiodof30da fromthedateoftherecording.After30da the will eexpungedfromour
tem.
D.9 WCrecording ofcon titutionall protectedactivitie ma not eu edtoidentif citizen pre entattheactivit unle therewa
articula le,illegalactivit involved,ortherewa aneedfora i tance mem er ofthepu lic.
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D.12.The toredvideoandaudiodatafromthe WC ma not eu edtocreateadata a eorpoolofmug hot ,a ller forphotolineup ,
norrandoml earchedformem er ofthepu lic mem er ofouragenc .
MetropolitanPoliceDepartmentoftheDi trictofColum ia
3.Mem er ,includingprimar , econdar ,anda i tingmem er , hall tarttheir WCrecording a oona acalli initiatedviaradioor
communicationfromOUContheirmo iledatacomputer(MDC),oratthe eginningofan elf-initiatedpoliceaction.
4.Inaddition,mem er hallactivatetheir WC forthefollowingevent :
a.Alldi patchedand elf-initiatedcall -for- ervice;
.Allcontact initiatedpur uanttoalawenforcementinve tigation,whethercriminalorcivil;NOT :Mem er arenotrequiredtorecord
non-inve tigator contact (e.g., u ine check ).
c.All top (i.e.,tra c,pede trian,and ic cle),andfri k a de nedinGO-OP -304.10(Police-CitizenContact , top ,andFri k );
d.Vehicleandfootpur uit ;
e.Alltra ccra h cene ;
f.An incidentortra ccra hinwhichthemem eri involved;
g.DUIandcon umptionofmarijuanainve tigation ;
h.High-ri kencounter (e.g., arricade ituation ,active hooter ituation );
i.Tacticalactivitie ,toincludecanine, mergenc Re pon eTeamandCivilDefen eUnitdeplo ment ;
j. ncounter withmentalhealthcon umer ;
k. u piciou activitie ;
l.U eofforce ituation ;
m.Arre t ;
n. ncounter requiringtheadvi ingofMirandaright ;
o.Alltran port ofpri oner andcitizen ;
p.An ofthefollowing earche ofaper onorpropert :
(1)Con ent earche ;
(2)Warrantle earche ;
(3)Vehicle earche ;
(4) earche conductedincidenttoarre t;
(5)Inventor earche ;
(6)Cur or earche ;
(7)Pro a lecau e earche ;
(8) xecutionof earchorarre twarrant ;
(9)Field earche ;
(10)Full-cu tod earche ;
(11) tripor quat earche ;
q.Ho pitalguarddetail a outlinedinPartV.A.9. ofthi order;
r.Duringtheinitialinventor ingof eizedmone oran highvaluepropert ;
.During chool- a edevent a de nedinPartIII.11ofthi ordera wella otherencounter withjuvenile duringevent de nedinthi
ection;
t.DuringFir tAmendmentA em lie inaccordancewithPartV.A.7ofthi order;
u.Whilea i tingotherlawenforcementagencie (e.g.,United tate ParkPolice,Di trictofColum iaHou ingAuthorit Police)in
handlingincident outlinedinthi ection;
v.Whileinteractingwithcitizen in ideapolicefacilit (e.g., tationper onnelprovidingpolice ervice orinformation);and
w.An incidentthatamem erdeem appropriatetoactivatethe WCinaccordancewiththi orderorupondirectionfromano cial.
12.ReportingRequirement :
a.Priortotheendoftheir hift,mem er whoarea igned WC hall:
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2.Documentinthenon-pu licnarrative ectionofallrelatedreport ortheirnote ookan dela orfailuretoactivatetheir WCand
an interruptionofa WCrecordingrequired thi order.
Mem er hallnot...
(8)Ingeneral,MPDprohi it recordinginplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t ,and peci call prohi it recordingof
individual withextremeinjurie .(IV.M)
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(11)Recordgratuitou oro ceneimage , ucha thee ect ofextremeviolenceorinjur ,unle nece ar forevidentiar
documentation....
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(13)Recordinplace wherearea ona leexpectationofprivac exi t , ucha lockerroom orre troom ,unle theactivationi
requiredfortheperformanceofo cialdutie .
O cer mu tnotif u ject thatthe are eingrecorded, utimportantl ,MPDdoe notallow u ject (in
particular,crimevictim orothervulnera leindividual )toa rmativel optoutofrecordingunle the wi hto
provideananon mou tip.(IV. ;IV.M;V.A.8)
IV. .Whenpractica le,mem er hallinformcontact u ject thatthe are eingrecordedatthe eginningofthecontact(e.g.Maam/ ir,I
amadvi ing outhatourinteractioni eingrecorded.)
IV.M.Mem er hallnot
17. ndarecording a ed olel onacitizen reque tunle thecitizenwi he toprovideananon mou tip.Inca e wherethecitizen
continue toreque tthatarecording eturnedo ,andthemem ercannotre olvethei ue,themem er hallreque tthatan
o cialre pondtothe cenetoa i t.Mem er ma u e WC torecordinitialinterview ofvictim ,complainant andwitne e .
V.A.8.Intrafamil , exualA ault,and talkingIncident andO en e
a.Intrafamil Incident andO en e mem er whore pondtointrafamil incident ando en e a outlinedinGO-OP -304.11
(Intrafamil O en e ) hallcontinuetheir WCrecording utmakeever e orttoprovidethevictimprivac uchthatthe donot
recordan di cu ion etweentheOn-CallAdvocac Program(OCAP)advocateandthevictim,regardle ofwhetherthe
conver ationi in-per onoroverthephone.Mem er hallpo itionthem elve in uchawa a toa ordthevictima muchprivac
a po i le.
. exualA aultIncident andO en e mem er whoinitiall re pondtoallegation of exuala ault hallcontinuetheir WC
recording utareremindedthat,inaccordancewithGO-OP -304.06(Adult exualA aultInve tigation ),the halla konl the
nece ar que tion toena lethemtodeterminethet peofcrime,andtoo taintherequiredinformationforalookout roadca t.
Mem er hallnotque tionthevictimindetaila outtheo en e.
c.Mem er arereminded,andma informthevictimorother pre entatthe cene,that WCrecording takenin ideaper onal
re idenceorrelatedtoanincidentinvolvingdome ticviolence, talking,or exuala aultwill ewithheldfromrelea etothepu lic.
Prohi it O cerPre-ReportViewing
Limit RetentionofFootage
M.Mem er hallnot:
1.Remove,di mantle,ortamperwithan hardwareor oftwarecomponentorparta ociatedwith WC application .
2.De tro ,di eminate,edit,alter,modif ,tamperwith,orotherwi eu e WCrecording withoutthewrittenpermi ionoftheChiefof
Police.Mem er whotamperwith WCrecording ma e u jecttocriminalinve tigationand/orpro ecution.
3.Cop ordownloada WCrecordingwithoutwrittenapprovalofano cial. WCrecording hallonl e haredforo ciallaw
enforcementpurpo e .
4.Deletean WCrecordingexcepta peci edinPartV.Cofthi order(i.e.,accidentalrecording ).
5.Record,view,downloadorconvertan WCrecordingforper onalu e....
Reque t for WCrecording thepu lic hall ereferredtotheFreedomofInformationAct(FOIA)O ce,O ceoftheGeneralCoun el.
igned :